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Which phrase do use to praise your students ?



Pretty3
Saudi Arabia

Which phrase do use to praise your students ?
 
Hi,
 
I hope you share here to get more ideas.
 
Which phrase do use to praise your students ????
 
 
 
Best Regards :)

3 Nov 2010      





Nasoma5
Spain

I like using variety. 
Great!  Fantastic!  Amazing!  Way to go!  Wonderful! 
But I find my students have really responded to giving them a HIGH FIVE!

3 Nov 2010     



Lucia13
Armenia

AS A CONTINUATION OF THIS POST I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR SOME EXPRESSIONS WE USE WHEN A STUDENT FAILS TO READ WELL OR ANSWER A QUESTION DURING AN ORAL CHECK-UP
 
AS FOR THE PRAISE WITH THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL I USUALLY USE SIMPLE EXPRESSIONS,LIKE
 
I �M SO HAPPY WITH YOU
THAT �S CORRECT
EXCELLENT
 
WRITTEN PRAISE IS MORE ELOQUENT TRYING TO TEACH THEM MORE PRAIS WORDS, LIKE
 
SO NEAT
SUPER HANDWRITING
AMAZING ,FABULOUS, FANTASTIC, WAY TO GO, YOU HAVE IMPROVED A LOT, TERRIFIC...

3 Nov 2010     



MoodyMoody
United States

Here �s a few I use, and try to use liberally, to praise and encourage my adult students:

Good work!
Good job!
Excellent!
Great!
You did it!
Good try!
You fixed your mistake yourself!
I know it �s hard, but you can do it!
You �ve got it!

I know they sound trite and clich�d, but the phrases are easy to understand and really seem to motivate the students. The most important part of praising and encouraging students is the sincerity. Because they don �t know the language, they receive so much of their information not from the words but from the posture, face, hands, and voice. I don �t say "Great work" when the student makes a lot of mistakes. I say "Good try."

Now, if your student really doesn �t even try, that �s the time to give the student a (figurative) kick in the pants.

This website has some more ideas. I hope this helps.

3 Nov 2010     



baiba
Latvia

Thanks for the useful link Moody!

3 Nov 2010     



cortneyfields
United States

All of the ways mentioned above are great, but I have a poster of 101 ways to praise a child.  Here is the website where I found it...
 

3 Nov 2010     



edrodmedina
United States

Thank you for shring!!!

3 Nov 2010     



libertybelle
United States

Edrodmedina - Thank you for shring?  That �s a new one - what does it mean?

3 Nov 2010     



aliciapc
Uruguay

sharing , LB !  Smile

3 Nov 2010     



vardaki
Cyprus

Some more links:
http://www.speechtherapygames.com/Freebies/waystopraiseachild.pdf

http://www.4lifehappykids.com/pdfs/100_ways_praise_child.pdf

http://www.alegent.com/documents/101_Ways_Poster.pdf

http://www.gesd40.org/mainsite/parent/pghtm/101ways.htm


3 Nov 2010     



flaviatl
Argentina

If you type "praise" in the content box of the "search worksheets" section here in ESL PRINTABLES, you �ll find a number worksheets listing different ways of praising a child. Hope it helps!

4 Nov 2010     

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