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HowcanIgetstudentstouseEnglishmore
OneofthebestwaystoincreasetheuseofEnglishinclassistoteachtheclassentirelyinEnglish
UsingsimplestatementssuchasOpenyourbooks,pleaseandLet’sbeginatthetopofpage5helpsstudentsgainconfidenceinthenewlanguage
Youcangiveexplanations,askquestionsandrequirethatallresponsesbemadeinEnglish
BytakingtheleadinusingonlyEnglish,youprovideamodelforstudentstofollow
Besidesprovidingusefullanguagepractice,usingonlyEnglishreinforcestheideathattheEnglishlanguagecandoallthethingsthatthenativelanguagecan
ItshowsthatEnglishisapracticallanguageandnotthatdifficulttouse
YoumayneedtoremindstudentsoftentouseonlyEnglishinyourclassroom
Makethisaseasyaspossibleforthembyaskingclear,simplequestions,modelingresponseswhennecessary,andparaphrasingstudents’statementsorques