Idea — While learners speak, the teacher monitors: listening for errors, noting effective language, ensuring the task is working. Monitoring is not hovering.
Example — Good monitoring means moving quietly, listening briefly, moving on — not standing over one pair for three minutes.
Try — During your next speaking task, monitor for two things only: are they on task? and what is the commonest error? Note both.
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