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Lesson Planning
Checklist for lesson planning
Make sure you have included these things.
Date and level
Time
Profile of learners A description of the class/teaching context
This could include their needs too
Information about individual learners Information about all learners and a section which is
about strengths and weaknesses relevant to this lesson.
Main aim(s) Either language or skills work
[Subsidiary aim(s)]
Learning outcomes
Personal aims Have a maximum of 3 personal aims
Timetable fit Link with previous lesson(s) and with following lesson(s).
Could be the lesson of your co-tutor, not just your
lesson.
Language Analysis Analysis of grammar, lexis, discourse or phonology.
Think about the meaning, form and pronunciation.
For skills lessons you need to provide a language analysis
Language skills analysis of any lexis pre-taught. You also need to provide a
summary of the subskills/strategies to be taught.
Assumptions In relation to this lesson, what do you assume learners
know/can do? Think about language, activities,
materials, topics etc.
Anticipated problems and solutions Meaning, appropriacy, form, phonology of any language
being focused on (as a main or subsidiary aim), L1 issues.
Skills level, sub-skills, context, the learners, classroom
dynamics, classroom management, socio-cultural, time
of class etc……
Materials/Resources Source all published materials.
Provide copies for your observer.
Procedure In enough detail to make the lesson reconstructable for
a reader.
Include: a heading for each stage
An aim for each stage
The procedure
Interaction
Timing
Also include ways of monitoring and doing feedback
Commentary (500-750 words) Explain your rationale to your lesson and the approach
Learner characteristics and needs you have chosen, based on your knowledge of the class
and individuals.
Show how your reading/research for the background
Link to background essay essay informed the planning of the lesson. Mention
author + book by name.
DELTA
Writing Lesson Aims
Tick the boxes that correspond to the infinitives used in aims:
To raise
awareness of
To clarify
To revise
To consolidate
To diagnose
To give practice in
To develop
To check
To review
To encourage
To shape
To sensitise
learners to