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One of the areas that trainee and novice teachers often struggle with is giving effective instructions for activities. Here are some helpful hints on how to ace this area of classroom management and some of the pitfalls to avoid. If you like this, check out the FREE CELTA Toolkit at 00:00 An anti-example 01:09 Introduction - why are good instructions important 03:05 Starting off 03:31 Don’t say it’s tricky! 04:00 Over-politeness 05:29 Commentating 06:11 Being long-winded 06:54 Too many instructions 07:44 Tricky language 08:04 Do you understand? 09:14 How to give better instructions 09:18 Plan 09:40 Get attention 10:53 Be clear 11:38 Be succinct 12:06 Checking understanding 12:22 Task or instructions first?
