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 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