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 Whether teaching English as a second language or any subject for that matter, it is important to understand that an organized and specific lesson plan is needed. This not only ensures your students will get the most value from your teachings but will help keep you organized in structuring their education.
When creating the lesson plan, keep these three questions in mind:
1. What do you want your students to learn?
2. How are they going to learn that concept?
3. How will you know when they’ve learned it? It is important to focus on the overall objectives of your lesson plan. Having specific goals to achieve allows a more structured approach to learning. Once goals are established, it is necessary to accomplish them through objectives; this can be divided into behavioral and knowledge objectives. Behavioral objectives indicate what the student should be able to do after the instruction, while knowledge objectives represent what the student should know after the lesson. Following the completion of the lesson plan, ask yourself two questions:
1. How will your students indicate they have learned and understood the lesson?
(this is especially important when children are faced with learning a second, unfamiliar language)
2. What criteria will you use to determine whether there has been satisfactory absorption of the plan?
For example, this may take the form of a test, quiz, discussion or other method of evaluation. Reaching a pre-determined, minimum progress level required (i.e. grade) is needed before more advanced English is taught. Sample Lesson Plan Structure: | Introduction | • Introducing the topic of discussion
• Finding ways to motivate students (making the lesson seem fun and exciting), especially for younger children—more likely to recall information. | | Main Activity | • Focusing on teaching the various English words/phrases first
• Secondly, performing some activity that encourages recall of learned information.
• Utilizing visual aids to assist in recall—by recognizing an object’s picture, they can associate the English word that goes with it.
• Encourage students to get involved with group work—by working together they can help each other learn more effectively. | | Closure/Conclusion | • Try to find an effective way to bring together all the English words/phrases together.
• Perhaps asking students to write a paragraph using all the phrases they learned. By writing the words in English as well as speaking them, it also serves to improve recall abilities.
• Provide feedback at the end of the lesson, to tell students what they learned and to prepare for next lesson. | | Subsequent Lessons | | • Conduct a brief review of previously learned words and concepts before moving on to more advanced English writing and speaking. |
Source: Write a Lesson Plan Guide (http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Guide.shtml)
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