Lesson Planning

Lesson planning is a very important part of being a teacher.  It’s important to think about everything that will happen throughout the lesson.  Writing out a script for my lessons has been beneficial to me because it helps me to clearly teach each concept.  The only part that can be difficult is when the student’s knowledge or understanding doesn’t line up with my own predictions.  Then it can be better to have a detailed outline of what has to be covered and then be flexible in the middle when it comes to the students needs.  I definitely think it’s easy to fall into too much teacher-talk and not enough student-talk.  Students need to talk and discuss with each other in order to understand concepts and enhance their communicative competence.  They need to be able to ask meaningful questions.  Kumar brings up a really great point about the three perspectives in a classroom.  It takes the perspective of the teacher, the learners, and an observer to assess a teacher’s effectiveness.  Each person may see a different weakness or strength and once it’s put all together you can see a big picture of what’s happening and how to make it better.