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Lesson PlanningA key aspect of effective teaching is having a proper plan. Such a plan will guide us throughout the lesson as well as assist us with class management. Each lesson will require planning and preparation beforehand. As we make our plan, we must set realistic goals, deciding how we will incorporate materials, the textbook and how we will arrange activities for our lesson. Our goals should be arranged in such a way, that we should know what our students will have accomplished and learned by the end of the session. In setting our goals we should first identify the topic for our lesson. The topic should or can be based according to our textbook, so that we stay on track. In addition, we should establish our content; whether it be grammar, vocabulary, exercises, as well as the activate stage where the students will be given ground to speak and experiment with the language. Goals help us establish what we will do and what the students will do step by step. In addition to planning our lesson, we then structure our lesson. We could use a lesson plan worksheet template with outlined details of how we will carry out our lesson and how much time we will spend on a given activity or part of the lesson. We begin with preparation; this is when we give students an outline of the goals and activities which will take place. This way they know what to expect. During this time we also engage students in a discussion based on the topic of the lesson. Then we present the material and content of the lesson. This would be the study stage, in which the students receive the information and learn the language. We also give the student?s time to practice; this is done by perhaps pairing the students or allowing them to work individually on tasks or handouts. After completing tasks the students can then give their output. These tasks can either come directly from the textbook or the teacher can prepare them as long as they are relevant to the topic at hand. Additionally the students are given time to experiment with the language in the activate stage. Here the teacher gives them a task in which the students work in pairs or groups and communicate to the entire class. At the end of the lesson we can do an evaluation, which will help both the teacher and student know what was absorbed, understood and learned during the session. The materials which we will use for each lesson fall into two categories: the required ones which include the textbook, workbook and lab materials and the authentic materials which the teacher incorporates into the classroom activities. For required materials, the teacher should determine what information will be presented in class and which exercises will be used in class and which will be given as homework. For authentic materials, the teacher should use material related to realistic communication activities. It should be related to the topic. So such is a properly planned lesson and with good planning we acquire good results.
