Instructions are one of the most important language functions in any bilingual setting.
• Please repeat after me. Could you repeat that, please? First listen, and then repeat.
Say it with me.
• Give me some more examples, please.
• Do you understand?
• Alicia, read the next sentence. Can you read this word?
• Look at exercise two. Can you read the instructions, please?
• Keep going.
• Can you speak louder?
• What does .... mean? Can you spell it, please? How do you spell ... , please?
• Is this correct?
• Can you write it on the board, please?
• What’s the English word for ... ?
• Could you repeat that, please? I’m sorry, I don’t understand.
• What page are we on?
• Shall I go on?
• Can we play a game?
• Can I see your exercises, please? Please do the following exercises.
• Has anyone got a spare pen/pencil/rubber?
• Let’s practise that again.
• Who has finished?
• Come here, please. Go back to your seat.
• Look at the board.
• Listen to the cassette. Listen to me.
• Tell me the answer. Write the answers. Read the question.
• Colour the picture. Cut it out. Draw a ... Point to the ...
• Show me your work.
• Put your pencils down.
• Watch the video.
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