USE AND IMPORTANCE OF ORDERS AND COMMANDS IN THE CLASSROOM

The use of commands and commands, is very important, because they help us to control the discipline in a classroom, and are very common phrases when teaching English, these one help the child to relate with  English, they can learn how to say the daily activities that we usually do.                                 

There is a great diversity of orders and commands have different uses in the classroom:

These commands and commands are based more on physical actions, such as getting up, approaching the teacher, going to the board, among others:

1. sit down (sientate)
2. stand up (levantate)
3. come here (ven aca)
4. come in (adelante) (esta suele usarse cuando el estudiante llega retrasado al aula de clase)
5. go to the board (ve al pizarron)
6. erase the board (borra el pizarron)
7. open the door   (abre la puerta)
8. close the door   cierra la puerta)
9. turn on de light (enciende las luces)
10. turn off the light (apaga las luces)
11. raise your hands (levanta las manos)
12. lower your hands (baja lasmanos)

EJ: Good morning boys, get up, let's go to the prayers.

The following orders are for the discipline and auditory environment of the classroom, they are hierarchical and should be of great importance to use them, for a good classroom environment.

This is the first and is the most calm, is used when the whole room is talking, it should be very important to use this first.

silence please. (silencio por favor)

there is another one that has almost the same level of calmness, and is used only when a small group is talking, usually addressed to the students, followed by order.

Listen to me. (escúchame)

The second one is used in the hierarchical order, when not only the students of the classroom speak, but there are also some outside their seats. this is a little more force.

¡be quiet! ( ¡silencio!) ( tranquilos)

This is the last of the hierarchy, it should only be when all the other orders have been exhausted, and the students have not complied with them, however it is recommended not to use them with basic grade boys, as it is usually too strong.

  ¡shut up! (¡callense!)

Before using this last resource, it is recommended that you first use physical actions to control the discipline of the room and get your attention, maintaining a good classroom environment such as:
- raise your hands.(levanta tus manos)
- lower your hands.(baja tus manos)
-hand on the head.(manos en la cabeza)
-hand on the shoulders.(manos en los hombros)
-hands to the front.(manos al frente)

these two are used exclusively for the management of the students' voice when they are working in pairs or participating.

-lower your voice.(baja la voz.)
-speak aloud.(sube la voz)

The following commands are commonly used when the topic is being developed, when evaluating or participating.
- read this. (lee esto)
-write this.(escribe esto)
-take this. (toma esto)
-put the book in / on.(poner el libro en/sobre)
-pick it up.(recogelo)
- look at page.(mira la pagina)
-hurry up.(darse prisa)
-underline the word.(subrayar la palabra)
-speel the.(deletrea el).