BASIC CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
Javier Santos Asensi, EOI Valencia
GREETINGS & FAREWELLS
Hello! Hi!
Good morning! What's up?/ What’s new?
How are you? So long
Good bye Bye, bye
See you tomorrow See you on Tuesday
Have a nice weekend You too! (U2)
POLITE LANGUAGE: INTERRUPTING & MAKING APOLOGIES
…, please! (Before or after most requests)
Excuse me! Eg. Excuse, what did you say about the homework?
I'm (terribly) sorry Eg. I´m sorry I´m late/
I´m terribly sorry about it! It won't happen again.
It's OK/ Never mind/ I doesn't matter.
Thanks (a lot)! Thank you (very much)!
Not at all!/ You are welcome!
ASKING FOR PERMISSION
Can/ Could/ May I …? Eg. Could I leave earlier today?
May I say something?
Do you mind if I...?
REQUESTING
Can I/ Could I…? Eg. Can I have a copy, please
Have you got …? Eg. Have you got a red pen, please.
ASKING YOUR TEACHER FOR ASSISTANCE
Excuse me! Can/ could you help me, please?
REPETITION & CLARIFICATION
Pardon? Sorry? Excuse me?
I´m sorry, I couldn´t hear you.
I don't understand it/what you mean.
Can/ Could you say that again, please?
Can you explain it again, please?
Can you give me an example, please?
What's the difference between … and …? Eg. What's the difference between SAY and TELL?
Excuse me, I can't see the board.
VOCABULARY in ENGLISH
How do you say …. in English? Eg. Excuse me, how do you say "EOI" in English?
What's the English for …….? Eg. Excuse me, what's the English for "levantarse tarde"?
MEANING/ PRONUNCIATION/ SPELLING
What's the meaning of … ? Eg. Excuse me, what's the meaning of "request"?
What does …. mean? Eg. What does "replying" mean?
What's the pronunciation of…?
How do you pronounce ….?
What's the spelling of …?
How do you spell/ write ….?
Where is the stress?
SPEED & VOLUME
I´m sorry, I can't hear you.
Could you, please, speak (more) slowly?
Can you, please, slow down? I can't follow you.
Could you speak louder/ speak up, please?
TASKS & ACTIVITIES
Is this alright/ OK ?
Just a moment/ a minute
We haven't finished yet. Eg. Just a minute. We haven´t finished yet.
Which page is it (on)? Which page are we on?
What do we have to do? Eg. What do we have to do as homework?
How can/ shall we do it?
When are we having/ going to have our test/ exam?
Whose turn is it? It's my/ your turn.
When is this for? Eg. When is the homework for?
REPLYING TO YOUR TEACHER
Yes! Sure! Certainly!
Not really! Certainly not!
I´m afraid, … Eg. I´m afraid I don´t know much about English tenses.
I don't know.
I don't have any idea. No idea!
I can't/ don't remember.
I´m not sure.
Perhaps! Maybe!
