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  Hello. This presentation is going to cover this section on lesson planning and what we're going to do is to have a look as to why we go about planning a lesson, what do we actually put in it? We'll create an empty lesson plan pro-forma and then having done that what we'll do is to fill in that lesson plan for a particular teaching point. So, our starting position is going to be: "Why do we plan lessons at all?" There are a number of reasons why we need to plan a lesson. The first and foremost perhaps is that it's going to create a logical sequence for our lessons. If we didn't have a lesson plan, it is quite possible that we could go all over the place and it would become confusing for the students. By having this plan, what we've created is a structure that we can work from. So,...  [Read more]

  Okay, so we're going to use this pro-forma as our lesson plan and we're going to fill one out as though we were planning for an actual lesson. So, we start off with some basic information about the class. So, the name of the teacher, date and time and the class level. In this particular case, our class is going to be an elementary class and the room will be room 3. Having looked through the registers we see that the expected number of students for this particular class is going to be 10. This will help us in creating our worksheet copies. The context of the lesson for this class is going to be present continuous tense and it may well be the first time that this particular level of class has been introduced to this tense. So, our focus is going to be fairly general and it's going...  [Read more]

  So, now we're going to fill the actual procedure of the lesson plan out itself. We mentioned at the start, the first thing we do, is to get some general information about the class that we'll be teaching and then, in order for someone to be able to cover our lesson, we need to present enough information in our lesson plan that they can actually carry it out. What I'm going to do is for each stage of the lesson, I'll indicate what I'm going to do in the lesson and then, we'll cut away from that to have a look to see how that will actually be achieved. So, our lesson is going to be based on a 45-minute lesson and the first phase is going to be the engage phase and it's going to be a straight arrow ESA lesson. I'm going to take approximately five minutes on my engage phase and in...  [Read more]

  The first part of my study phase is going to be the board work and I'm going to use the information that I generated in the elicitation part of my engage phase to move on to the actual board work. What I'm going to do is to show the structure of this particular tense. So, the phase study I'm expecting to take about ten minutes on this particular part and, again, the interaction will mainly be the students talking to me. So, how am I going to achieve that with this information? Well, we could ask the students to have a look at the sentences themselves and to tell us what they can see. If we look at each of the first words in here, then at this level, I should hopefully be able to elicit from my students what each of these words have in common and they may well give an answer that...  [Read more]

  So, having elicited this particular structure, what I'm now able to do is to move on to the actual study activities. Typically, they will be in the form of worksheets to check that the students actually understand this information. So, I might prepare three activities. They may not do them all but, for example, I could prepare these three study activities. So, the first one is going to be a fairly straightforward matching activity, where perhaps they match the subject to its correct verb "to be" in that part of the sentence. The second one is going to be a gap fill. For example, I might use this verb here and ask them to complete a sentence using that verb, so that I can check that any spelling changes that take place are correct and the final one is going to be an unscramble,...  [Read more]

  So, the document itself needs to contain some general information about the class, for example the name of the teacher, the date and time of the lesson, what level of class is being taught and in what room, how many students are we expecting, this is important, when we've got things like photocopying and materials to do, what is the context of the lesson, in other words, what is the lesson actually about, what vocabulary or grammar point is this lesson covering and sometimes it's also useful to write out what the focus of the lesson is. So, in effect, the context of the lesson is telling us the grammar point, for example, that might be the present continuous tense, whereas the focus is telling us how we're going to go about teaching it. Another example to illustrate this: Let's...  [Read more]

  Then, we have a set of objectives and aims. Here, the learner objectives relate to what we're hoping the students are going to be able to do by the end of your lesson and quite often, that can be a useful way of writing out what the objectives are. So, we would start the sentence "By the end of the lesson, students should be able to?" and then a list of two, three or four items that we're expecting the students to be able to do by completing this lesson. The learner objectives are different to the teacher aims the teacher aims are what you are expecting from that lesson itself. Now, when you first start teaching, quite a normal aim might be to complete the lesson successfully, to get through the whole thing without having any problems. As time goes on and you become more...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons TESOL Refresher and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J. K. - Japan said: In total, I have learned to rethink purpose and variation in the classroom. As teachers, everything we do must be purposeful because it has an effect on the classroom environment, attitudes and motivation, effective understanding, perceived and/or real fairness, a balance between what skills are presented, how students understand their role and the teacher’s role, and participation. All of this affects learning. So, the teacher’s attitude toward teaching and interacting in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Locations TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: D. M. - Hong Kong said: Being a native english speaker I had never really thought about english grammar, as a native speaker I just knew if something was grammatically incorrect. I have since learnt so much about english grammar that I am shocked at how little I knew. I have gained a lot more confidence in my current role as an education assistant and have been able to incorporate much of what I have learnt in my day to day role. I decided to do the TEFL course as I want to do some voluntary work with...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons TESOL Tesl and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J. C. – U.S.A. said: As someone who loves the english language, I was excited to take this course. I wanted the skills to be able to teach non-english speakers- english. What I gained was much more than I bargained for. This course really made me learn the bones of english, and learn how to teach something that just comes naturally to me. I admit this is a struggle for me, but it has forced me to grow as a person. I have gained a confidence with this course that I could actually teach an ESL class, and come...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Qualified TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: T. A. - Japan said: I realized that the teacher has to be knowledgeable and confident about his/her material to be able to teach effectively. There are so many factors that can affect how a classroom dynamic will play out so as the teacher, you have to be patient and well prepared. Another thing is that although native english speakers can communicate in english, there is a great deal to be learned on how to teach it to english learners. One has to realize that for most non-native speakers, the "it sounds...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Authorized TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: S. J. – U.S.A. said: This course has been beneficial to me in so many ways. Until this course, I had never taken any type of training courses this in depth before. It has not only equipped me to be able to teach better than I have been but I have also gained a new found confidence and a peace about teaching. I have always enjoyed helping and teaching things to others but because I knew I had not been fully trained, I always felt like an imposter somewhat; however, this course touched on every area I know...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Registered TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: D. M. - France said: This course allowed me to see the fundamentals of the teaching english as a foreign language. So I learned to develop courses, organizing them, to make my imagination in order to create creative activities allowing develop coherent courses. Similarly, this course allowed me to review the rules of grammar, elements which are essential to be able to create a quality work environment. Similarly, this course allowed me to learn to teach the four skills allowing students to know the english...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons TESOL Certificate and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: F.C. - Korea said: I was able to implement what I learned from this course immediately, as I current teach english in another country. It was also a helpful reminder with me lesson planning, I realized I had strayed away from ESA forms, and now make sure to always begin my lessons with an engaging activity. Furthermore, I have learned a great deal of grammar, most of which was the first time I was exposed to it. We definitely didn’t learn that growing up and my job is a conversation teacher, and even...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Top TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: S. W. - Costa Rica said: This course has given me the confidence I lacked, provided a refresher on english grammar, and taught me teaching skills I did not possess. I have learned how to create lesson plans, identify skill levels, keep the students’ interest, and strategies to communicate effectively with students with varied backgrounds. All of these skills will be put into use from my first day teaching, with course planning, lesson planning, and negotiating in class challenges. With the certification and...  [Read more]

  When our answers are not correct then, obviously, they need to be corrected but it is quite important that we go through a process of correction that will help students. Quite often they've made a mistake simply because of something like reading the incorrect answer out or misrepresenting what they've actually written down. So, always give the opportunity when a mistake has been made for the student to self-correct first. We can often do this in a nonverbal way to show them that they're not actually correct. We might repeat back what they've said to us in a questioning manner or we may just make a gesture to make sure that they understand that they're not correct. So, we allow for a process of self-correction. It may be that the student has actually got the answer wrong and so we...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons TESOL English and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: S. K. – U.S.A. said: This course has especially helped me out in two areas: lesson planning and grammar. Both of those areas of teaching were things that I didn’t take seriously enough while teaching the past three years. For lesson planning, I’d usually rely on my Korean co-teachers to plan the lessons and tell me what I should do. When I had no co-teachers, I’d either follow the textbook or go to class with a half-put together plan and if the plan wasn’t adequate, I would just kill for time. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Internet TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J. C.- Australia said: I have gained a lot over the past 20 units. I was at first quite confident in my ability to use the english language to teach, but you don’t realize the many complexities of the language as a native speaker, until they are explained to you. The different grammatical units, particularly when the many tenses come into play, have made me aware of the difficulty that non english speakers have to face. I have gained confidence over the course. I have been able to see the practical side...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Courses TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K. D. – U.S.A. said: I also learned to do things completely new- I had no idea how to write a lesson plan. I was freaking out a little bit to my mother (an education specialist) about not even knowing how to write a lesson plan. Trust me taking this class was much simpler and less frustrating, when things like that are explained by a third party. I plan to put all of this into action shortly (cross my fingers I get a chinese visa). I want to take all the activities and lessons I’ve learned here and put...  [Read more]