Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson

Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson

Before teacher will start teaching in the class, teacher have to say something to open her/his session.
It can be get attention from students a lot.
And here are some words/sentences to use for the beginning of the lesson.


1. Good morning
• Good morning, everybody.
• Good afternoon, everybody.
• Hello, everyone.
• Hello there, James.
2. How are you?
• How are you today?
• How are you getting on?
• How's life?
• How are things with you?
• Are you feeling better today, Bill?
3. Introductions
• My name is Mr/Mrs/Ms Kim. I'm your new English teacher.
• I'll be teaching you English this year.
• I've got five lessons with you each week.
4. Time to begin
• Let's begin our lesson now.
• Is everybody ready to start?
• I hope you are all ready for your English lesson.
• I think we can start now.
• Now we can get down to work.
5. Waiting to start
• I'm waiting for you to be quiet.
• We won't start until everyone is quiet.
• Stop talking and be quiet.
• Settle down now so we can start.
6. Put your things away
• Close your books.
• Put your books away.
• Pack your things away.
7. Register
• Who is absent today?
• Who isn't here today?
• What's the matter with Jim today?
• What's wrong with Jim today?
• Why were you absent last Friday, “”?
8. Late
• Where have you been?
• We started ten minutes ago. What have you been doing?
• Did you miss your bus?
• Did you oversleep?
• Don't let it happen again.


Yurada 056 3EN

Thank you so much Diva.
I would share some Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson too.

Take off your jackets, please. Close the door,please.
Write the date on the board, please.
Clean the board, please.
Bring you book.

Tatiya014 3EN

Introducing a lecture or new topics

In our last class we talked about ..., and today we continue with .... Last time, we talked about..., and today we’ll discuss / go on to
I’d like to start with / by
What we are going to cover today is...
Today I am going to talk about... Today, I will discuss / talk about First of all, I’d like to talk about... Let’s begin with / First of all, ... Starting with
Today’s topic is...
What I want to do today / talk about today is...
The important point I want to make today is...
Hi, everyone! / Hello, everybody! / Hello, class! / Good morning, everyone!
OK. Let’s get started. / Let’s begin. / Shall we get started?
Could one of you please turn on the lights when you come in?
Let’s review some of the concepts we talked about last time.
We have a lot to cover today.
Let’s continue where we left off.
Let’s look at one case from Chapter 5 and examine its ramifications for the future of
financial regulation.

Kuntida 005 3EN