Study guide: English Classroom Rituals

📋 Course Outline

1. Calendar Dates and Ordinal Numbers
2. Years and Number Names
3. Leading the Oral Flash Test
4. Essential Classroom English
5. Classroom Interaction and Opinions
6. English-Speaking Countries and Symbols

📖 1. Calendar Dates and Ordinal Numbers

★ Must-know

• The seven days of the week are:

  • Sunday
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday

• The ordinal forms used for dates run from 1st (the first of) through 31st (the thirty-first of), including irregular forms such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th, and 20th.

• The twelve months are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.

Further detail

• A date can be said as “Today is Monday, September 4th” or “Today is Monday the fourth of September.”

💡 Memory Hook

Weekdays → ordinal dates → months

📖 2. Years and Number Names

★ Must-know

• The basic number names from 0 to 19 are zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen.

• The tens from 20 to 90 are:

  • twenty
  • thirty
  • forty
  • fifty
  • sixty
  • seventy
  • eighty
  • ninety

• Large number names include:

  • a hundred
  • a thousand
  • a million
  • a billion

Further detail

• Compound numbers combine number names, as in 134 “a hundred and thirty-four,” 567 “five hundred and sixty-seven,” 1,001 “a thousand and one,” and 9,345 “nine thousand, three hundred and forty-five.”

💡 Memory Hook

Units → tens → hundreds → thousands → millions

📖 3. Leading the Oral Flash Test

★ Must-know

• 🔄 The assistant directs questions by using:

  1. Question for...
  2. Next question for...
  3. The same question for...
  4. Last question for...

• Typical questions ask students to:

  • list 3 ways to say “aussi”
  • spell “henceforth”
  • give the English for an expression
  • give the French for an expression
  • identify a short or long vowel sound

Further detail

• Students can congratulate classmates with expressions including “Well done!”, “Great!”, “Great job!”, “Good job!”, “Fantastic!”, “Good!”, “Very good!”, “Yes!”, “Congrats!”, “Congratulations!”, “Nice!”, “Excellent!”, “Perfect!”, and “Awesome!”.

💡 Memory Hook

Ask → question → answer → congratulate

📖 4. Essential Classroom English

★ Must-know

• Classroom greetings and farewells include:

  • Hello!
  • Good morning!
  • Good afternoon!
  • Goodbye Miss/Sir!
  • Good evening!
  • See you tomorrow/on (+ day)!

• Classroom requests include:

  • May/Can I go out?
  • May/Can I go to the sickroom?
  • Can I go to the toilets/bin?
  • Can I turn on/off the light?
  • Can I close/open the window/door/curtains?

Further detail

• Apologies include:
  • Sorry...
  • Please excuse me for being late!
  • I didn't do my homework.
  • I forgot my notebook/pencil case.
  • I was at Ms/Mr...'s office.

📖 5. Classroom Interaction and Opinions

📝 Essential Points

• Classroom work instructions include “Can I erase the board?”, “Come to the board”, “Can I have a pen?”, “underline”, “highlight”, “write/note down”, “sit down”, “stand up”, “look”, “raise your hand”, “listen”, “speak up”, and “be quiet”.

• Students can ask for help with “I don't understand!”, “I don't know!”, “I'm not sure...”, “What's the English for...?”, “How do you say ... in English?”, “Sorry, what did you say?”, “What does ... mean?”, “Could you repeat, please?”, “I can't see.”, “Shall I read?”, and “Please help!”.

• Opinion and agreement expressions include:

  • I truly think/believe...
  • In my opinion...
  • It depends (on)...
  • To my mind...
  • As far as I'm concerned...
  • Well, I quite agree but...
  • I agree
  • I don't agree
  • I disagree

💡 Memory Hook

I agree versus I disagree

📖 6. English-Speaking Countries and Symbols

★ Must-know

• The named English-speaking countries are:

  • The United Kingdom
  • The United States of America
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • India
  • Mauritius
  • Canada
  • South Africa

• The named British Isles are:

  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • England
  • Wales
  • part of Europe

Further detail

• The symbols to match with countries are:
  • The Rose
  • The Leek / the Daffodil
  • The Thistle
  • The Shamrock

💡 Memory Hook

A rose, leek, thistle, and shamrock stand beside their countries