Introduce yourself

Point to yourself and say: Hello. I’m (your name).

Look at a student, point to yourself again and repeat: Hello. I’m (your name). and then gesture to the student and show an open palm to elicit: Hello. I’m (student’s name). Smile, say Hello. again and then gesture to another student to elicit his/ her name. Choose students at random rather than working your way around the classroom systematically, as this will prevent students feeling stressed as they see ‘their turn’ approaching.

Continue until you have elicited all the students’ names. If you have a register, show students how you are ticking of their names as you work your way around the class. If you have two students with the same first name, clarify their surname by using a simple rising intonation and emphasis on the surname: Jeremy? Jeremy Renner?