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So, you've got the job and you're now an ESL teacher!
Congratulations! As your first day of teaching draws nearer and nearer, you are
wondering what you will teach and how you will teach it. A good lesson needs
good planning. A good lesson needs a solid lesson plan. Your lesson plans
ensures that several things happen in your lesson:
You
have a definite language point to teach. Your lesson plan should be based
around one language point.
What
games and activities you are going to use. Certain activities work for
some language points, but not others. Make sure your games are also
age/level appropriate.
Your
ESL lesson should have a purpose, it should keep building. Your students
will be lost if your lesson jumps from here to there as they won't be able
to follow where you are going.
A
lesson plan acts as a warning against possible difficulties in teaching
the new language, such as pronunciation. Because you have your lesson
plan, you can allocate extra time or find great activity that helps to overcome
the problem.
Creating
lesson plans saves you time. Because you will likely teach the same lesson
more than once, you can use your lesson plan over and over again.
Using
lesson plans generally mean that you are following the same pattern for
all your lessons. This helps to let your students know what's coming next,
so they can focus more or learning and not what is going to happen next.
There are six of the strongest reasons as to why you should
create an ESL lesson plan to make your classes a success.
Welcome to Simply ESL!