1. Lesson Planning

2. A good lesson is like a…
• a football match
• a meal
• a symphony
• a film

3. Why Plan?
record of lesson - use it again • aide memoire!
helps generate ideas • better structured lessons
time management • helps anticipate problems
back up ideas / plan • helps judge timings
use big headings - read during
• evidence for formal purposes
lesson
• share ideas & resources

4. Aims – consider:
• Are the aims valid in terms of students’ need?
• Can these aims realistically be achieved in time?
• If a structure is to be taught think about form? e.g. negative,
interrogative etc
• Which function of the structure is being taught? – e.g. will as a
prediction, new decision of future action, other use?
• Which exponents are going to be taught? Need to think about
formality, informality?
• Will it be necessary to teach co functions in response to main
function? - e.g. accepting/ refusing
• Will the lesson focus on lexis, pronunciation, stress &
intonation too?
• Have you divided the skills into sub skills? - e.g. skimming,
scanning etc

6. 3 main lesson types
• Language focus lessons
• Receptive skills lessons
• Productive skills lesson

7. Language focus lessons
• Lead in
• Introduction of TL (various ways of doing this)
• Controlled practice
• Freer practice / Production

8. Receptive skills lessons
• Lead in
• Pre teach vocabulary
• Read / listen for gist
• Read / listen for detail
• Follow up – language work or productive skills work

9. Productive skills lessons
• Lead in
• Focus on type of writing / speaking to be practised
• Guided practice
• Real task with a communicative purpose

10. The Pro-forma
• In groups, identify which information should go where.

11. So, a good lesson is like..?