What is lesson plan and how prepare a lesson plan?

What is lesson plan and how prepare a lesson plan?

Introduction:

Lesson planning is the art of combining a number of different elements into a coherent whole so that a lesson has an identity which students can recognize, work within, and react. The plans are proposals for action rather than scripts to be followed slavishly, whether they are detailed documents or hastily scribbled notes.

Definition:

“Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics” says:

“Lesson plan or lesson planning is a description or outline of

a.       the goals or objectives a teacher has set for a lesson

b.      the activities and procedures the teacher will use to achieve them, the time to be allocated to each activity, and the order to be followed, and

c.       the materials and resources which will be used during the lesson.”

Pre-planning:

Before starting to make a lesson plan the teacher needs to consider a number of crucial factors such as:

1.       the language level of our students,

2.      their educational and cultural background

3.      their likely levels of motivation

4.      and their different learning styles

Planning Elements:

After getting knowledge of the students and of the syllabus a teacher should consider the four main planning elements:

1.   Activities: when planning, it is vital to consider what students will be doing in the classroom. The teacher has to consider the way they will be grouped or arranged in the classroom.

2.      Skills:The needs to make a decision about which language skills he wisheshis students to develop. This choice is sometimes determined by the syllabus or the coursebook.

3.      Language: the teacher needs to decide what language to introduce and what his students will learn, practise, research or use.

4.      Content: lesson planners have to select content which has a good chance of provoking interest and involvement. Since they know their students personally they are well placed to select appropriate content.

The plan:

Having done some pre-planning and made decisions about the kind of lesson, the teacher can make the lesson plan. This may take a number of different forms, depending upon the circumstances of the lesson and depending also, on planers’ attitude to plan in general.

A formal plan should contain some or all of the following elements:

1.      Title

2.      Teacher’s Identity

3.      Class Identity

4.      Lesson Identity:

5.      Learning  Objectives:

6.      Preparation: possible problems and solutions, new vocabularies, grammar point, skills, suggested answer, teaching materials, teaching aids etc.

7.      Evaluation

In conclusion, it must be said that, lesson planning is very significant to every teachers of instructor in teaching a second language of foreign language. The most interesting content can be made insipid if the activities and tasks that go with it are not properly planned.  Similarly, subjects that are not especially fascinating can be used successfully if the good planner manages it appropriately.

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