T: did you like my lesson? Ss: yes  - Fear of genuine feedback, T: I try to be nice – but my classes always seem so dull. - Lack of confidence in self, learners, material, or activity/making it too easy., S: I think that smoking is…. T T: …a bad thing. Yes, I agree. When I went into the pub… - “Helpful” sentence completion, T: So, if you don’t mind, it would be very nice if you could just stop the activity if you feel that’s OK. - Insufficient authority/over-politeness, T: Well, what I’m gonna do is I’m gonna ask you to get into pairs, but before that there are some things we’ve gotta work out. So just jot down if you’ve got a pen, could you write this, then when we’ve finished that we’re going to do the next thing which involves… - The running commentary, T: My instructions were clear but all the students did different things – and none of them did what I asked them to do. - Not checking understanding of instructions, S: I went to the cinema. T: You went to the cinema. Good. You went to the cinema. - Echo, T: Yes now you can ask her your question. Mmm that’s a good question. What do you think? What’s your answer going to be, Silvia? Yes, go on – tell her what it is… - TTT (Teacher Talking Time), T: Do you understand? S: yes…. - Asking Do you understand?, T: When nothing else is happening in the classroom – I open my mouth. I’ve no idea what I say most of the time. But it stops those horrible silences. It’s probably useful for them to listen to me speaking English. After all, I … - Over-helping/over-organizing (the need to be involved al the time), T: I wonder why they look so bored? - Weak rapport – creation of a poor working environme, T: so now what I’m gonna do is I’m gonna move my chair over here and sit down and just get comfortable and now I’m gonna tear up these pieces of paper, and I had to use these because I couldn’t get any card, so I found these at the back of the teacher’s room, and I’m gonna tear them up now and when I’ve done that what I’m gonna ask you to do is if you don’t mind… - Complicated and unclear instructions, So – what’s the answer? S1: Only on Tuesdays unless it’s raining. T: Yes, very good – so everyone got that. And why did he buy the elastic band? S1: So he wouldn’t lose his letters. T: Good. Everyone understands then! - Flying with the fastest, S: I am feeling bad. My grandfather he die last week and I am….. T: No – not die – say died because it’s in the past. - Not really listening (hearing language problems but not the message,

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