HowtoteachwithGoforit!HowcanIgetstudentstouseEnglishmore?OneofthebestwaystoincreasetheuseofEnglishinclassistoteachtheclassentirelyinEnglish.UsingsimplestatementssuchasOpenyourbooks,pleaseandLet’sbeginatthetopofpage5helpsstudentsgainconfidenceinthenewlanguage.Youcangiveexplanations,askquestionsandrequirethatallresponsesbemadeinEnglish.BytakingtheleadinusingonlyEnglish,youprovideamodelforstudentstofollow.Besidesprovidingusefullanguagepractice,usingonlyEnglishreinforcestheideathattheEnglishlanguagecandoallthethingsthatthenativelanguagecan.ItshowsthatEnglishisapracticallanguageandnotthatdifficulttouse.YoumayneedtoremindstudentsoftentouseonlyEnglishinyourclassroom.Makethisaseasyaspossibleforthembyaskingclear,simplequestions,modelingresponseswhennecessary,andparaphrasingstudents’statementsorquestionsinsimpleEnglishandhavingthemrepeat.Fromtimetotime,itmaybemoreefficienttousethenativelanguagetosetupanactivityorgiveagrammarexplanation,butasmuchclassroominteractionaspossibleshouldbeinEnglish.Goforit!helpsstudentslearnEnglishwithoutusingthenativelanguageinclass.•Newvocabularyisintroducedafewwordsatatime.Thesewordsareaccompaniedbypictureswhichfacilitateunderstanding.•Thetargetlanguageispresentedinasimpleformatandisfollowedbyastep-by-stepprogressionofexercisesthathelpstudentslearnhowtousethestructures.•Thetargetlanguageisrecycledthroughouttheunitandagaininlaterunitstopromotefullmastery.•TheteachingtipsandculturenotesintheTeacher’sBookgiveideasonhowtodevelopthekeypointsineachlesson.Youcanusethesetohelpsupportstudentlearning.