This document discusses lesson planning for EFL and ESL classrooms. It provides an overview of what a lesson plan is and why planning is important. A lesson plan is a step-by-step guide for what a teacher plans to do in a classroom on a given day. Planning helps keep lessons organized and focused on curriculum standards. It ensures teachers and substitutes know what is being taught. Planning also helps with time management and reviewing past lessons. The document then discusses common components of a lesson plan format, including objectives, materials, and structure.

1. PLANNING
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Lesson Planning for the EFL and ESL
Classroom
• Planning is when you look at the
curriculum standards and develop lesson
content that match those standards
• A Lesson Plan is simply a step-by-step
guide to what an EFL teacher plans to do
in the classroom on a given day.
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3. Origin of Lesson Plan
• Lesson plan has originated from Gestalt psychology.
The Gestalt theory of learning has a great influence
on human learning. In the school the whole is
perceived by a part. A unit plays an important role in
learning. The learner usually takes help of the units
in understanding and grasping the whole concept.
The meaningful activities are related to one another
within a unit. These activities provide the purposeful
learning experiences and the learner understands
the whole concept. This theory originates the
concept of “Unit Plan”.

4. Why plan?
• A good plan provides the foundation that your lesson
will be built upon. Especially for beginner teachers,
whose time management skills in the classroom
aren’t fully developed, a good class outline will
ensure that you are not spending too much or too
little time on a particular activity. It will keep your
book progress on track, keep you organized about
which materials you will need and help you work out
which activities were effective and which ones could
be improved on or done away with.

5. Why plan?
• Even for long time teachers, It is worthy to know
exactly how long an activity will take. Without
something to structure your class on, it will be easy
for your class focus to go astray. Suppose you are
teaching a conversation class and your class theme
deviates to another topic? The lesson plan can help
you bring the class back to the center of your lesson.
If the other topic was interesting enough then you
could make another lesson plan based on that.

6. Advantages of EFL lesson plans:
• Lesson plans help both the students and
teacher stay focused and remain on track with
learning goals. While the initial groundwork of
preparing all these plans ahead of time might
seem like a big production, it will produce a
smoother year ahead for both you and your
students.

7. Advantages of EFL lesson plans:
• It's easier for you as a teacher to refer back to your
notes on a specific lesson. You can review each
lesson and know exactly where you stand.
• If a substitute teacher fills in for you, they know
exactly where you are and what you're teaching.
• It's easier for you to stay focused on the structure of
specific details in a lesson.
• Your goals will be clearer and therefore easier to
follow as they are formulated already.
• Students will feel more confident if you are confident
in your organization and delivery of the lesson

8. Advantages of EFL lesson plans:
• Organization lets you know what ground
you've already covered and how far you still
have to go.
• You will achieve better results with your
students because you'll know that you have
not missed or skipped any valuable
information. Therefore the students will have
a more well-rounded education.

9. Advantages of EFL lesson plans:
• Lesson planning adds structure to the class, however
you can still be flexible enough to change things
around. It acts as a great point of reference.
• In the long run, mapping out lessons is a huge time
saver. You can show up for class and jump right into
the curriculum. Make sure you name and/or number
each lesson for quick reference. Store or save them
alphabetically or numerically in a binder and digitally
if you can.

10. Planning Format
• There are literally hundreds of types of lesson
plans, but there is not one format accepted by
all schools. Many schools have their own set
format, others will let you use whatever
format you like. There is; however, some
general agreement about what should be
included in a good lesson plan.

11. What a planning form should include
• Day/Date:
• Lesson Name: What will you call the lesson?
• Class/Level: Age, topic, skill level, class name
• Materials: List everything you need to teach
this lesson. Textbook/Course book name:
From what book are you working – or drawing
the lesson from?
• Unit—title—page number: Specifically where
in that book?

12. What a plannnig form should include
• Goal/Aim: What are we working towards today. Describe the
final result of the lesson in this format -
• The students will be able to ___(do what?)________.
• Example: The students will be able to ask and answer
questions about their hobbies and interests
• Grammar Structures Employed: (How are they formed?):
Show the structures. Use a structure chart if needed.
• Questions and Answers Relevant to your lesson: to be asked
during the warm-up to elicit from students what they may or
may not know about the topic to be covered.

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