Task 5 Teacher Talk

Focus: teacher talk instruction-giving & positive

reinforcement
To realise how the teacher uses language in the classroom to give
clear instructions and to offer praise and motivation. Student
teachers have looked at how the teacher manages the classroom, the class
and the learners. This week, they will develop their understanding of how
teachers use their talk to give clear instructions and to offer positive
reinforcement (praise) to their students.

At the beginning of the day:

- Meet your MST, and learn about his/her daily plan
- Same daily routine but everyday different

activities so if students enjoy or benefit then in

the next day they put the same activity every
Tuesday MST and Arabic teacher site together
to do weekly plan .
-

Tell your MST that your focus for today is to notice teacher talk that
(s)he uses in the classroom during the day.
Tell your MST that you also need to observe ONE or TWO activities. You
need to pay very special attention to the beginning of Tell him/her that
during these moments, you will not participate. You will sit out and just
very quietly look, listen, complete your task sheet.
Ask your MST which lesson, in particular, would be good for
you to observe

She gave students some papers to draw how

they come to school. She used paper and
secure.
-

About the lesson: Try to find out what materials will be used; what the
teacher wants the children to do

During the day:

- Make notes in the 3 tables provided.
- The first table focuses on giving instructions:
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The second table focuses on praise

The third one is about negative statements that you might
hear.
Get involved in all of the other activities that are happening
Assist your MST in every way requested. Notice things that you
can do without being told.

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Table1. Giving instructions: Complete the table below about teacher

talk during one whole activity or lesson:
Teacher talk at the beginning of the activity
Starting the activity:
How does the teacher
get the childrens
attention?

step by step: (write the exact words the teacher used)

Giving instructions for

the activity :

step by step: (write the exact words the teacher used)

Teacher said all of good boy and girl site

in the carpet after she said good
morning

it was about transportation. She made

some sound from her mouth to know
how to moral between each of different
transportation.

teacher talk during the activity

What does the teacher
say?

step by step:

How do the children

respond?

step by step:

How does the teacher

stop the children
during what they are
doing? What does the
teacher say?

step by step:

You were the best class and I happy to

teach you. teacher gave them some
reward in DOJO

students were too happy and activity

because everyone showed how they
come to school
Students were playing and few of them
were listen to her so she attacked them
by putted stickers on their hand

Misbehaviour
What was the learner
doing?

What did the teacher

say?

How did the child

respond?:
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one student spoke a lot and he was so

activated in the class but he did not rise
his hand
step by step:
she said ooh you spoke a lot without
raised your hand , can you be quite
He embarrassed and didnt speak with

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her during the class

teacher talk at the end of the activity
How does the teacher
stop the children
during what they are
doing? What does the
teacher say?

step by step:
now you have free time so let's go to
play

How do they respond?

step by step:
they enjoy and went to play

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Table 2 Teacher talk PRAISING the student(s):

Complete the table below with at least 5 examples of praise you hear
during the day (maybe from your teacher, the classroom assistant, a
specials teacher, etc.):
Exampl

When the child(ren)

The teacher

Type of praise

said.

(public/private
Non-specific/specific
Conditional/unconditional)

Look at
the
example

put his things away

Well done, Ali,

tidily and quickly

you put your things

Private/Specific/Unconditional

away very quickly

and nicely.

1.

2.

Sara cleaned

Well done,

Private\specific\conditio

the class to

excellent ,

nal

get more mark

help me

on DOJO

every day

Everyone be in

please
Well done

Public\nonspecific\unco

the line

every body

nditional

good
students ,
see you in
3.

After they

the class
Well done

played they

students ,you nditional

Public\nonspecific\unco

put their water putted your

in the bag
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water ,you
work
quickly , I
hope you do
4.

5.

it every day
Stand up Thani Well done ,

Private\specific\uncondi

and site near

good boy ,

tional

of me

you always

Good students

listen to me
Well done ,

Public\nonspecific\unco

I will give you

perfect ,

nditional

DOJO

good
students

Negative Praise: Write any negative instructions (words with NO, NOT and
DONT) you heard, and then write a more POSITIVE way to state it.

Example:
Dont run!

Postive way to say it:

Please walk!

You are so noisy

Dont play when I speak

Please be quite
Please listen to me and be
attention
Please be pleasure
Please throe it in the trash

Dont say bad word

Dont throw the papers
down

Reflection
This week, you have been focusing on the ways teachers talk to the children
in the classroom. .
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Write your reflection about teacher talk.

Write in paragraph form. Write a minimum of 150 words. Use good
spelling and grammar. Make sure your writing shows that you are thinking
deeply about your answers.

Discuss the importance of teacher talk

(giving clear instructions and using
positive praise)

Discuss what will be easy for you and

w h a t w i l l b e d i ffi c u l t f o r y o u a b o u t
using positive praise nd giving clear
instructions.
Discuss what happens when a teacher
d o e s n o t g i v e c l e a r, s p e c i fi c , s t e p b y
step instructions.

Discuss a time when you received

negative praise from someone. How
d i d i t m a ke y o u f e e l ? D i d y o u r
behaviour improve?

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MST started her class by said good morning for

everyone in the classroom and told them you were
the best students in the world. Today MST gave
students new lesson it was about transportation.
She started the lesson by said " today we will take
about transportation and I want everybody make
some sound of each transport " so students came
more excited and everybody made sounds , after
that she said I want all of good boy and girl to site
on the carpet , then she gave them steps of what
will do in this lesson . first she showed them some
picture , second she tried to made some sounds ,
after that she gave them some paper to draw on it
how they come to school , then she told of all
students you were the best class and I was happy
to teach you. I think that if I will give students
positive praised like tell them you are good
students or excellent will be easy to me but the
difficult thing when I will put the instruction and
students dont follow it , so in this time I should
change the style and way of my teaching. When
teacher dont give students the instruction she will
not cover everything and maybe she forget
something also students will not enjoy because
they dont know what they will do later. I
remembered that when I was in grade 8 my weight
was 75 so I was fat and I decide to be in digit and
my cousin told me you cannot lose it you will
become fat again so I feel disappointed but I broke
her word and I tried to do it , and now my weight is
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57. Also I remembered that when I was in delivery

room my mum was with me and she told me you
should never shout when you do the push and after
I delivered my baby she told me something made
happy and proud of my self-front of my husband,
she told me you are so strong and you didnt shout
and control yourself.
Notes :
My answer was not deep because Arabic teacher
was absent and English teacher doesn't do many
activities

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