Planning and preparing a lesson

Planning and preparing a lesson

1. Identifying and selecting aims

   • Aims
     • Describe what we want learners to learn or be able to do
       • We can use teaching aids to support our teaching
     • Main
       • Describes the most important thing to achieve
     • Subsidiary
       • Shows the language skills that learners must be able to use well
     • Personal
       • What we would like to improve in our teaching
     • Stage
       • Describing the personal purpose of each stage
   • 1. What do my learners already know?
     • 2. What do they need to do?

2. Identify components of a lesson plan

   • Before the lesson
     • Writing down the aims and procedures for each stage
   • During the lesson
     • Check the amount of time we plan for each stage
   • After the lesson
     • Keep the lesson as a record and use it to plan the next lesson
   • Lesson plan components
     • Class profile, timeable fit, main aims, subsidiary aims, stage aims, personal aims
     • Assumptions, anticipated problems, possible solutions, teaching aids, materials
     • Procedures, timing, interaction patterns, homework

3. Choosing assessment activities

   • Formal
     • Tests
     • Examination
   • Informal
     • Monitoring
     • Observing
   • Collecting information about learner's performance, progress or attitudes
   • Assessment tasks should be:
     • Familiar
     • Not too dificult
     • Not too abstract
     • Not too long
     • Examples:
       • Comments, true-false questions, gap fill, reordering sentences, matching
       • Sequencing, summary, interview, proofreading, interview
       • Portfolios are:
         • Informative, inclusive, easy to integrate, developmental and reflective

4. Sequence of lessons

   • The number of related lessons and the procedures we use to achieve them
   • Planning a scheme of work
     • Not as detailed as lesson's plans
     • Should have a logical and learning-friendly progression
     • Help us plan a sequence of a lesson in the best way
   • How to achieve aims
     • Grammatical structures
     • Skill lessons