Giving instructions

1. Módulo 2. Destrezas comunicativas del profesor en el aula bilingüe
Posgrado en CLIL e innovación en el aula de inglés de Educación Primaria
BLOCK 3: ORAL CLASSROOM DISCOURSE
Section5. AssessmentactivityK (2 points)
Put the instructionsin logical order:
1. STEP ONE: Teacherholdsupworksheet
2. Teacherpointto the left-handside of the worksheet.
3. Teacherpointsto the phrases.
4. NowI wantyou to match these eightwords…tothe definitionsonthe right
5. There´sone extradefinitionthatdoesn´thave aWord
6. Ok then,howmanywordsare there? (students:Eight)
7. Andhowmany definitionsare there? (Students:9).Good
8. I wantyou to do thisalone andcheckin pairs.
9. Andfinally,are yougoingtodo thistogether? (Students:NO)
10. Teacherhandsout the worksheet. Studentsstartthe task
Give a briefanswer to the followingquestions:
1. Whichstepsof the sequence give the instructions?
Steps1 to 5 give instructions
2. Whichstage of the sequence checkthe instructions?
Steps6, 7 and 9 are usedto instructions
3. Why doesthe teacherwaitto handout the worksheet?
The teacherwaitsto hand outthe worksheetsoshe makessure all the students
listentothe instructionsbeforestartingthe task.If the worksheetsare givenbefore the
instructionsstudentstendtogetdistractedreadingthe worksheetanddonotlistentothe
instructions.
4. What shouldteachersdowiththeirvoiceswhengivinginstructions?
11. The teachershoulduse intonationandstresswordsthatare importantforthe studentsto
understandthe instructions.Eg: I wantyou to dothis alone and checkinpairs.
5. Where shouldteachersstandwhengiving instructions?
Teachershouldstandinfront of the class whengivinginstructionssoeverybodycan
see her.It isalsoimportantthat she walksaroundthe classroommakingsure
everybodyisunderstandingthe instructionsandprovidingsupportthatstudentsthat
mightnot understandthem(eg:pointingoutintheirworksheetswhatwordsshe /he
isreferringto).

2. Módulo 2. Destrezas comunicativas del profesor en el aula bilingüe
Posgrado en CLIL e innovación en el aula de inglés de Educación Primaria
6. If you wantedyourstudentstochange seatsto carry outthistask, at whatpointwouldyou
give thatinstruction?
I woulddothisafterexplainingthe task.Iwouldthentell the studentswhere Iwant
themto seatand to move there once theyhave the worksheet.Iwouldstarthanging
out the worksheetandthe studentsthatalreadywill startmovingtotheirnew seats.