A lot of teachers write words next to student names on the class register to remember who they are, but there can be problems with using whole words such as students seeing what is written and being offended. A personal code, however, can soon be forgotten and is no use to teachers who are covering and taking over classes. My school are therefore working on a code to be used by all teachers, and this is what we’ve come up with so far:
WCASBLT? – why can’t all students be like this?
PTT – pleasure to teach
SCA – slight Cockney accent
SANCBMFC – smiling and nodding could be mistaken for comprehension
DB – dragon breath
ITC – immune to correction
F – flirt (so remember to take that into account when grading)
FTSTNT – fail them to save the next teacher
KODFP – kiss of death for pairwork
FBI – fluent but incomprehensible
UFI? – up for it?
WILCTO – what idiot level checked this one?
TCFS – too cool for school
A? – attractive?
OBM – odd birth mark
ATTVB? – allergic to the verb “be”?
TSFTBT – too stereotypically French to be true
SI – strange idioms
SSOALLFSWE – surprisingly strong opinions about language learning for someone who’s Elementary
TDPMEFT – they don’t pay me enough for this
RGQ – random grammar questions
CIRBTTSTYA? – can it really be true they spent two years abroad?
Can you improve or add to the list?
More on learning student names here.
TEFLtastic 
RQ= requires tissues
FTM= fused to moblie
REO= requires electrical outlet for charging devices
SN= seatbelt needed
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PAJG = paws all Japanese Girls
MBRMB? = might be a Russian mafia brat?
NWSIE = Never will be in English.
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I taught a fair few MBRMBs back in the UK…
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oops
MWSIE = never will SPEAK in English
HIBO – here in body only
BNTL = better never than late
HW?YMBJ! Homework? You must be joking
This could run and run…
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Hope so! Keep them coming!
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VJ = vocabulary junkie (also VH – vocab hound)
IKEBTY = i know english better than you
PWS = pairwork snob
RQA = redundant question asker
HP = huffer and puffer (when asked to do a task)
CJ = a class jumper
IWBFI1Y = I’ll be fluent in one year. (as said by an elementary student)
HLTIF = How long till i’m fluent?
EX-C = extreme cleavage
SBD = speaks better drunk
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Nice!
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WAR- ‘We are ready’- the pair who, when everyone else in the class is deep in on-task conversation, after a few perfunctory ‘ I am agree’ and ‘ What about you ?’ gambits and two and a half sentences each of superficial comment look pointedly bored and ready to be fed another task, hopefully something ‘serious’ like a gap-fill.
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