Characteristic of a Good Lesson Plan
- Statement about the pre-knowledge of learners.
- List of specific teaching points.
- Precise statements of the general and specific objectives.
- Note on student's activity.
- Note of the blackboard work planned by the teacher e.g. unfamiliar words, model sentences or sentences, substitution table or tables, sketches, etc.
- Note of assignments that would be given for practice and encourage self-study.
- Items for testing to evaluate the learners.
(i) folder to remain precise and exact in the classroom and to remain objective-oriented, the teacher should prepare a model sentence that he would like to use for introducing the lesson. The structure and a list of new words as well as the questions can be put up to the students.
(ii) A detailed note should be made about the procedure that the teacher will adapt to handle the language material and the teaching aids that the teacher would make use of...
Advantages of a Lesson Plan
- Enable the teacher to select or to prepare proper teaching aids.
- Saves time and energy.
- Makes the teaching process effective.
- Improves the study habits of the students.
- Exempts the teacher from anxiety.
- Makes the teaching-learning process fruitful and interesting.
Other Characteristics of a Good Lesson Plan:
- Gives an account of the student's activities and the desirable linguistic outcomes.
- Precise mention of the general and specific aims.
- If reference books are consulted by the teacher, during lesson planning, it is mentioned in the plan.
- Mentions the requisite material e.g. audio-visual aids required in the course of teaching the lesson.,
- Mention of the assignment or homework is given.
- A precise account of the teacher's activity is mentioned the procedure and the method.
A good lesson plan ensures balanced practice in each of the four languages Listening, speaking, reading and writing. The lesson plan should not be rigid. The teacher should be able to toss aside or make a formidable change as the lesson goes along depending upon the mood of the class or if some unexpected difficulty arises.
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