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For the record / off the record ✅

While I was watching “Euphoria”, I heard one girl saying “for the record”. Guys, this expression is extremely useful!
Here is one example from the TV show⤵️

▪️“Hey, I am Rue. I am an addict and I’ve been clean for 60 days. For the record, I’m not telling the truth”.

〰️(just) for the record - used for giving a piece of information that you want people to know:
e.g. “It doesn’t matter now, but just for the record – you were wrong”.

〰️There is another expression to use in your everyday life: “off the record”.

Fig. unofficial; informal.
If someone says something off the record, they do not want it to be publicly reported:
e.g. “She made it clear that her comments were strictly off the record”.

Found a very useful information for you guys 🙂

It might help you during your lessons at school/ university ❤️

Useful classroom language to help give that native touch!

✅ LET'S GET ON, SHALL WE?
= A nice way to say: let's start / continue with work. Maybe your warm-up might have been a little too long and now you need to move onto the more important tasks. This phrase would be perfect here.

✅ TIME TO CRACK ON!
= This is a little stronger than the previous phrase. We use this when we're more concerned with time as if we're wasting it and thus need to continue with what we're doing to get whatever completed.

✅ TIME TO KNUCKLE DOWN!
= Common phrasal verb meaning to stop mucking about or chatting and to start working hard.

✅ SETTLE DOWN!
= I remember my teachers in England using this all the time. If your students are loud, chatty, mucking about, or maybe even go off task laughing because someone cracked a joke, then you might say: Ok guys, settle down, settle down!
✅ PUT YOUR HAND UP!
= Yes, you can say: If you know the answer, raise your hand! But we use this just as much. If you know the answer put your hand up.

✅ DON'T CALL OUT!
= This is when students should put their hands up but instead blurt out the answer and you tell them not to do so. "John, don't call out. Put your hand up, please!"

✅ ONE AT A TIME!
= A perfect little phrase to use when your students all shout out the answer at the same time when they should speak in turns. "Guys, I can't hear you all! One at a time! John, you had your hand up..." Even if you hand out chocolates or whatever and everyone tries to grab one, "One at a time, guys! There are enough chocolates to go around!"

✅ YOU BE CAREFUL WITH THAT/THOSE!
= A stern warning to your students when you want them to be careful with something in the classroom. If one of your students is being careless with scissors, you say, "You be careful with those!"

✅ EYES ON ME!
= Used when your students are looking anywhere but at you. So when you want your students to focus their gaze on you, "Boys and girls, eyes on me, please!"

✅ EYES FRONT!
= Same as above but when you want them looking at the board.

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