1. Speaking English in the Classroom
October 7th, 2015

2. Icebreaker Two truths and a lie
Write down two pieces of information that are true about yourself and one piece of information that could be a lie.
For example: Noah is 24 years old, Noah is from California, Noah has six siblings

3. Do You Use Mongolian?
Close your eyes and raise your hands if you do this:
Do you use Mongolian?
When do you think it’s appropriate to use Mongolian?
What percentage of the time should you use Mongolian?

4. Engaging All Students in a multi-leveled classroom
All classrooms that study a foreign language have students of different abilities and levels
In order to have the most effective lessons, it is important to engage all students

5. Situation 1
In a 6th grade classroom, the students are practicing how to introduce and describe their families.
Most students can say their family members’ names, ages, and what they do.
Some higher level students can describe their family members’ personalities and appearances.
Some lower level students are still struggling with simple sentence structure such as “My dad’s name is…”

6. Situation 2
A 12th grade class is studying environment based vocabulary such as deforestation, pollution, and desertification.
How do you make this lesson relevant?
How would you make this interesting?
What activities would you use?
How do you make sure every student understands and can pronounce the new vocabulary?

7. What do you do when you can’t pronounce a word?
Can you pronounce these words?
Aerosol
biodegradable
contaminate
hazardous materials
geothermal
hydrocarbon
ozone layer
precipitation
stratosphere

8. Ways to Use English in the Classroom Every Day
Start off the class with asking “What’s the date today?” and write the date in WESTERN format
Teach your class easy to use student and teacher commands
What are some good examples of classroom commands?

9. Useful Phrases to Use in the Classroom Instead of Mongolian
Student Phrases
I’m finished
This means ______
Teacher, I need help. (Can you help me?)
Yes, I understand. No I don’t understand.
I have a question
What does this mean?
Teacher, can you explain this?
May I go to the bathroom
May I come in?
Teacher Phrases
Are you finished?
What does this mean?
Do you need help?
Do you understand?
Copy this
Read this out loud
Be quiet
Sit Down
Stand up

10. Improving Your Speaking
Do you use English outside of school, ever?
If so, how and when do you use English outside of school?
How many times a week do you practice or study English?
How do you improve your speaking?
What are some things that you do that you think other teachers should do?

11. Tips for Every Day Practice
How many of you have internet access? IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THE INTERNET IN PRACTICING ENGLISH
Read short articles: newspapers, online, magazines
Read at least one page of an English book, this can be very easy such as Harry Potter
Watch YouTube videos with subtitles
Watch lyric music videos on YouTube
On Youtube Search: American English Pronunciation

12. How to Utilize Native Speakers in Your Area
How do you utilize English speakers in Khovd?
Text them, and ask if they can practice English with you for a half hour to an hour
Ask for American or British tv shows and media
Have trouble pronouncing a word? Call and ask a native speaker.

13. Question and Answer Time
What was the most helpful for you?
Do you have any questions?
What is something you can use today?
What will you use in your classroom?
What do you think will be the easiest to use?