CELTA - Classroom Management - Giving brilliant instructions

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 ELT-Training.com https://www.elt-training.com/course/c...

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?