Glossary audiolingual teaching

Structure and organization of foreign language lessons
Questions to be discussed:
9.1.Principles of lesson planning
9.2.Structure of the EL lesson plan
9.3.Features of an excellent lesson plan


Key terms: stages of the lesson, types of the lesson, forms of classroom interaction, approaches to organizing the lesson, language atmosphere, types of plans.


9.1. Principles of lesson planning
The important condition of effectiveness of ELT is planning of teachers and students activity for a lesson and a system of lessons. In the practice of teaching EL at the lesson, thematic and perspective planning are distinguished.
The aim of EL lesson planning is to define the content of the lesson and algorithm of operation and actions of the teacher and learners.
Thematic plan is enveloped as a serial number of lessons. As a rule, it is one of the themes of communication, which includes itself also vocabulary, grammar and country-study material.
Perspective planning defines the system of a teacher and students activity for the whole stage of ELT.
There are different principles of lesson planning. The most important among them are variety, flexibility, examining the subject matter from the learners’ point of view, considering individual differences, language backgrounds and past experience.
1. Variety means involving learners in a number of different types of activities and using a wide selection of material to motivate learners.
2. Flexibility comes into play, when dealing with the plan in the classroom, for a number of reasons a teacher should have an opportunity to change the plan in accordance with the situation which can take place during teaching.
3. Examination of the subject matter from the learners’ point of view – the teacher should examine teaching material and reveal its appropriateness to learners and difficulties for acquiring this material by learners. During planning a teacher adapt material and defines ways of overcoming these difficulties.