Lesson Plan: part # 2
Lecture # 8
Review of Lecture # 7
• Teacher’s preparation is a must for a teacher.
• Lesson plan reflects teacher’s preparation.
• A clear and explicit presentation of aims and the
procedure by which they are achieved.
• Preparing a checklist: what and where to teach?
• Time line for each Stage (3P’s)
• A Record for Future Reference and Re-use.
• Aims
• Aids; Anticipated Problems; Concept; Procedure
Influences on the Content of the Lesson
• Students’ views
Influences on the Content of the Lesson
• Despite the enormous variety of published material and teaching
aids at the disposal of language teachers;
• There are a number of factors which can severely restrict their
freedom of choice of techniques and materials for a particular
lesson.
• In general terms, these stem from the physical teaching situations,
the nature of the students, the influences of an organization in
determining a syllabus and the way in which people are understood
to learn language.
Practical Constraints
• Time
• Frequency of Lessons
• The time of day
• The number of students
• Availability of aids
The Teacher
• Personality of teacher
• For some teachers role play is an important
methodological repertoire…for others it is an unknown
area full of risks….
• Attitude of a teacher
The Students
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The need of the students
Students’ present level of English
Age and interests of the students
Students’ language learning background
Attitude and personality of students
Mixed-ability classes
Motivation and the Maintenance of interest
• Context
• Relevance and Meaningfulness of lesson
• Motivation and interest
The Influences of Syllabus and Exams
• Student needs→ Syllabus →aims of lesson →
lesson procedure →achievement of lesson aims
→achievement of syllabus objectives →satisfaction
of students’ needs
Summary
• So we discussed in this lecture
• Despite the enormous variety of published material and teaching aids at
the disposal of language teachers;
• There are a number of factors which can severely restrict their freedom of
choice of techniques and materials for a particular lesson.
• In general terms, these stem from the physical teaching situations, the
nature of the students, the influences of an organization in determining a
syllabus and the way in which people are understood to learn language.
• Time ; Frequency of Lessons ; The time of day ;The number of students
Availability of aids
• The teacher
• The students and motivation