PLANNING AND ORGANIZING A COURSE

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL CARMEN

Actividad 2.3

María Conchita Monzón Cancino

TIC'S

26  noviembre 2015

 

PLANNING A LESSON

Set Lessons Goals

Lesson goals are most usefully stated in terms of what students will have done or accomplished at the end of the lesson. Stating goals in this way allows both teacher and learners to know when the goals have been reached.

1. Identify a topic for the lesson. The topic is not a goal, but it will help you develop your goals. The topic may be determined largely by your curriculum and textbook, and may be part of a larger thematic unit such as Travel or Leisure Activities. If you have some flexibility in choice of topic, consider your students’ interests and the availability of authentic materials at the appropriate level.

2. Identify specific linguistic content, such as vocabulary and points of grammar or language use, to be introduced or reviewed. These are usually prescribed by the course textbook or course curriculum. If they are not, select points that are connected in some significant way with the topic of the lesson.

3. Identify specific communication tasks to be completed by students. To be authentic, the tasks should allow, but not require, students to use the vocabulary, grammar, and strategies presented in the lesson. The focus of the tasks should be topical, not grammatical. This means that it may be possible for some students to complete the task without using either the grammar point or the strategy presented in the first part of the lesson.

4. Identify specific learning strategies to be introduced or reviewed in connection with the lesson. See Motivating Learners for more on learning strategies.

5. Create goal statements for the linguistic content, communication tasks, and learning strategies that state what you will do and what students will do during the lesson.

 

 

 

Structure the Lesson

 

A language lesson should include a variety of activities that combine different types of language input and output. Learners at all proficiency levels benefit from such variety; research has shown that it is more motivating and is more likely to result in effective language learning.

 

 

An effective lesson has five parts:

 

1.- preparation

 

2. Presentation/Modeling

 

3. Practice

 

4. Evaluation

 

5. Expansion

 

 

 

Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning

 

A lesson plan is the instructor’s road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Before you plan your lesson, you will first need to identify the learning objectives for the class meeting.  Then, you can design appropriate learning activities and develop strategies to obtain feedback on student learning. A successful lesson plan addresses and integrates these three key components:

• Objectives for student learning

• Teaching/learning activities

• Strategies to check student understanding

 

 

reference

 

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Moony, S. (2010, February 6). Image. Retrieved February 11, 2010, from http://blog.commlabindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/broad-learning-goals2.jpg

 

Baley, L. (2013, August 16). Information. Retrieved September 20, 2013, from http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/planning/plindex.htm

 

 

Trevor, J. (2014, April 18). Information. Retrieved August 15, 2014, from http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/p2_5