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J.K. - Canana said:
Lesson Planning
Lesson planning is a fundamental skill all teachers must develop and perfect throughout their teaching carriers. It takes thinking and time to develop your own lesson plans and just like most skills, you`ll get better at it the more you do it. Planning is a sign of professionalism and students know if teacher is prepared for his/her lessons. By planning effective lessons teachers get a respect of their students. Lesson plan communicates to a teacher and guide him/her so students can achieve intended learning outcomes. It is teacher`s thoughts and ideas about what they hope to achieve in lesson, how they hope to achieve it, what it is they want their students to be able to do or know. Well developed lesson plan also reflects needs and interests of the students. Planning a lesson also gives a teacher chance to predict possible problems in the class and plan a ways and solutions to deal with them which helps him/her to feel more confident in the classroom. Writing daily lesson plans means a teacher is organized and more organized a teacher, the more effective teaching and learning. The most important component of a lesson plan is for teacher to create an effective learning objective. It is a statement of purpose for the whole lesson. The objective drives whole lesson, it is the reason the lesson exists and will determine the activities the students engage in. Planning each activity will evolve around it. Teacher needs to think carefully what the lesson plan is supposed to accomplish (what knowledge should students gain) and at the same time students achievements expectations has to be reasonable. Before a lesson plan is written, teacher has to answer number of questions in his/her mind: 1. What is a knowledge level, age, interests, cultural background of my students? 2. Is choosing a particular activity going to achieve my aims? Is it going to satisfy objective of my lesson? Is it going to give my students a better understanding (of grammar, vocabulary), greater fluency or motivate and interest them? 3. How much time am I going to need for each activity? 4. What teaching aids and materials am I going to use in class to achieve my goal? Teacher needs to have a vision of the overall lesson, where activities are connected to one another and linked to a lesson topic. When teachers eventually write a lesson plan the actual format of it is a matter of personal preference. They write it the way that is most useful to them. Some use traditional lesson templates (especially new teachers), some prefer sheets of paper or cards. Being new to lesson planning I like to write down exactly what I am going to say, but maybe with more experience I will be able to switch to a shorter note- form layout. Last thing to consider when planning an effective lesson is to always use a range of classroom activities even if a lesson has an overall theme. Students should be able to do different things (always prevent the boredom) and have a variety of learning material to keep their interest and motivation they need to learn new language.


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