This document discusses the importance of lesson planning for ESL teachers. It notes that lesson planning helps teachers stay organized, keep lessons from becoming monotonous, and improve their teaching skills. The key elements of a good lesson plan are listed as educational objectives, content and teaching activities, preparation of materials, and assessment of student learning. Additional characteristics include being student-centered, flexible, complete, and activity-based. Lesson planning provides benefits such as helping teachers stay on target, saving time, and promoting student learning and better results. The document outlines the major components and levels of planning, and emphasizes that clear structure and precise directions in a lesson plan lead to higher student achievement.

2. Importance of Lesson planning in
ESL Teaching
1. It gives a bird’s eye of view of things to be
taught and learned everyday.
2. It makes you organized whilst teaching.
3. It provides the teacher many ways to keep
the teaching process not monotonous and
redundant.
4. It gives teachers a reality check of everyday
performance.
5. It definitely improves teaching skills.

3. Presentation Outline
1. Introduction
2. Purpose of a lesson plan
3. Major Elements of a lesson plan
4. Characteristics of a good lesson plan
5. Advantages of a lesson plan
6. Writing lesson plans
7. How to plan

4. Purpose of a lesson plan:
To
• structure the lesson
• organize its contents/materials
• determine method of its delivery
• assess students’ learning
• evaluate its application/effectiveness

5. MAJOR ELEMENTS
• Educational Objectives
• Content and Appropriate Teaching
Activities
• Preparation of all the Material
• Monitoring & Assessing Learning

6. Characteristics of Good Lesson Plan
Characteristics
A Good Lesson Plan
a. based upon previous knowledge.
b. caters to the level of students.
c. uses motivational techniques
d. includes necessary materials

7. Characteristics
e. is student centered, flexible,
complete, interesting &
activity based.
f. has proportionate time
allocation.
g. includes evaluation process.
h. includes all the essential
elements of a lesson plan.

8. Advantages of a lesson plan
• a key to the target.
• saves time.
• makes the work regular & organized.
• induces confidence.
• promotes learning.
• improves results.

9. Lesson Plan the Easy Way
The clearer the
structure of a lesson
and the more precise
the directions on what
is to be accomplished,
the higher the
achievement rate.

10. FIVE LEVELS OF PLANNING
1. Daily planning … (Teacher)
2. Weekly planning… (Teachers-individually
as well as in groups)
3. Unit planning … (Teachers’ Group
/Co – ordination)
4. Term planning …
5. Yearly planning …

11. WRITING LESSON PLANS
Components of a lesson plan:
• Topic
• Resources
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Activity
• Homework

12. … EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
• Specify the new skills that the
students will gain as a result of the
lesson
• Focus on student’s (not teacher’s)
attainment
• Determine the degree or criterion
for satisfactory attainment of the
objectives.

13. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
…….are the learning outcomes of
a lesson i.e. what the students
should be able to know or do at
the end of the lesson that they
could not do at the beginning!

14. … EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Setting Objectives
What will the learner be able to:
• Know (concept…cognitive)
• Do (skill… psychomotor)
• Feel (behavior, attitude, appreciation or
ideas…affective)
Each defined objective is matched with:
• Teaching Method
• Learning Activities
• Type of Assessment
Note: Relevance is the essential quality of
the educational objectives

15. Activity # 2 :EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Realistic
• Time bound

16. ROLE OF
LEARNING MATERIALS
• Defines Instructional Objectives
• Sets Tasks to Attain Objectives
• Informs Learners of Tasks they have to Perform
• Provides Guidance and Practice
• Provides Feedback on Retention of acquired
Skills
• Makes the teaching effective.
• Supplies concrete basis for conceptual thinking.
• Makes learning permanent

17. Teaching Materials / Resources
A. COURSE BOOKS
B. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:
1. Teacher’s book
2. Work book

18. C. SUPPORTING MATERIAL:
1. Audio Materials
2. Visual materials
3. Audio-visual materials.
4. Multi media

19. Audio Visual Aids
Supporting Materials
TEACHERS PUPILS ENVIRONMENT MANUFACTURED
VISUAL AIDS
B/W BOARDS SMART BOARD FLASH PICTURES
PICTURE WORD ADAPTABLE
FLASH CARDS FLASH CARDS CARDS

21. Any teaching Item has three stages
METHOD
Presentation
Practice
Production

22. Method
Presentation of the Items involves
• Preparing class
• make sure the concept is clear to the
students
• giving model example of the item
• Practice the Teaching Item involves:
• repetition/ drilling
• discussion
• Worksheets

23. Production of the Teaching items:
Involves:
• Role play
• Games / dialogue etc
• Practicing the item
• Assessment
…METHODS

24. WRITING LESSON PLANS
Methodology - Specify Timings of each of these
steps: (40/80 minutes)
• Settling time
• Introduction
• Previous Knowledge
• Presentation – Brainstorming / Discussion /
teacher’s Input
• Practice (Students output) – CW. Oral /
Written
• Home Work
• Assessment – Test / worksheets

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