Teaching English: How to Plan a Great Lesson

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Free Online Course: Teaching English: How to Plan a Great Lesson provided by FutureLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 2 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from FutureLearn. Teaching English: How to Plan a Great Lesson is taught by Claire Ross.

Overview
  • Improve your English lesson planning and explore teaching with technology

    Effective lesson planning will help your English students get the most from your classes.

    On this teaching English course, you will look at four professional practices, share your own experiences, and apply what you’ve learnt to your CPD.

    As you explore the key components of lesson planning, you’ll learn the importance of relationship-building and using technology to engage and support your students.

    You’ll also learn the best ways to manage your lessons and make the most of any teaching resources available to you.

    This course is designed for English language teachers around the world who want to improve their teaching methods and lesson planning.

    You could be teaching at a primary, secondary, or higher education level.

Syllabus
    • Understanding learners
      • Getting started
      • Getting to know your learners
      • Motivating learners and getting them talking
      • Involving learners through differentiation
      • Review
    • Planning lessons and courses
      • Planning ahead
      • Aims and stages
      • Task: lesson observation
      • Adapting materials and planning for differentiation
      • Review
    • Managing the lesson
      • Introducing and practising language
      • Multilingual approaches
      • Alone, in pairs or in groups?
      • Review
    • Managing resources
      • What's available?
      • Using images and realia
      • Integrating ICT
      • Using the board
      • Review and next steps