| At least a few times during the school year, you will | | | | words, the principles of creativity should be applied but |
| hear yourself or other teachers talk about how the | | | | within a frame. Always make sure you have a pre |
| lesson for your English language learners didn't go well. | | | | (prepares for the main part of the lesson),while (the |
| For ESL activities to be largely successful, a teacher | | | | lesson itself) and post (the summary) sections of the |
| needs to find ways to motivate the students since | | | | lessons. |
| some students may not love learning English as much | | | | - Catering to different types of students including |
| as you enjoy teaching it. | | | | different learning styles. |
| Here are some issues that make up good and sound | | | | - Make sure your lesson plan is integrative for the |
| methodology and the transfer to lesson planning a bit | | | | subject matter you are teaching. With regard to |
| smoother. | | | | teaching ESL, make sure you include at least two of |
| Issues of Lesson Planning | | | | the four skills. These skills should also complement |
| - Participation - how to involve all the students? | | | | each other. Listening and reading are receptive skills |
| - Organization - how to organize an activity in terms of | | | | while speaking and writing are productive skills. There |
| group work, full classes and activities. | | | | should one of each and the student should be |
| - User-friendly - Is the activity inviting? Is it easy enough | | | | constantly active. For example, a teacher can have a |
| to understand? | | | | learner listen to a dialogue and then that learner uses |
| - Cost effectiveness. Maximum profit for minimum | | | | his or her knowledge of speaking skills to sum up what |
| cost. Can you use an activity again and again for | | | | s/he understood. |
| different purposes? | | | | - As a teacher, you can find creative ways of how to |
| - Flexibility. This involves reading the classroom | | | | motivate your students. For example, if a majority of |
| atmosphere and responding accordingly especially | | | | your students like Michael Jackson's songs, you can |
| when discipline problems can be on the rise. In some | | | | use the song "Heal the World" as a lead-in to |
| cases, you may need an SOS kit, which requires two | | | | discussing about social awareness and social actions |
| important ingredients from the teacher: organization | | | | to teach issues such as global warming, poverty, |
| and tolerance. This could result in an alternative path | | | | natural disasters and other theme related lessons. |
| for hyper kids. | | | | You may have found already that these issues vary |
| - Providing guided activities using the gradation model | | | | from different learning situations. |
| from using easy to more complex activities. In other | | | | |