Classroom
Language
Dr. Abdulkareem Alharbi
What is meant by classroom language?
It’s the language used by teachers to
communicate with their pupils. It is the
language which can be used to give
instructions, to check attendance, to correct a
mistake, to praise pupils, to ask a question, to
explain a vocabulary item or a structure.
What kinds of classroom language are
there?
Verbal:
Non- verbal:
gestures, facial expressions and
tone of voice.
What can you understand of these
gestures?
Classroom language doesn’t refer exclusively
to the language used by the teacher!
I includes language used by pupils to
interact with the teacher and among
one another.
How to teach this?
Give some examples.