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From https://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com

Julie, the writer of the Mundo de Pepita blog, writes, "When redirecting students, we teachers often have a tendency to be a bit verbose, going into a long explanation of what needs to happen instead of boiling down the redirect to its most concrete components-which also makes it more comprehensible more often than not. Think about all the routines and expectations you have in class, and how, regardless of how angelic your students are, often you have to redirect behaviors...now think of the actual language you use. Is it a simple command (raise your hand, sit appropriately, don't touch, etc.) or is it populated with incomprehensible language that is also unnecessary to get the point across and have the desired behavior come about? These concise, concrete redirects may take a little to get used to, and may feel a little curt at first (but it's all in the tone!!), but they will pay off down the road as you are able to stay more in the target language which provides more input for students-and did you ever notice that most classroom management vocabulary, especially when boiled down, contains high frequency words?!"

Read the full blog post at https://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com/2019/02/simplify-your-classroom-management.html