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Teach English in Zhangying Zhen - Heze Shi

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When preparing to teach a class the teacher needs to take into consideration the age of the students, how many students will be in the class, the level of the students, class length, and class aims and objectives. Using this information the teacher will be able to plan what materials would be best to use, and the method of how teaching the class should be approached. First of all, the plan needs to include how the teacher is going to engage the students and get them ready for learning so they can absorb the study phase of the lesson. Then the teacher needs to activate the lesson to make sure the students have understood everything. The teacher needs to plan according to the age and ability of the students to make the class interesting and holding their attention and cover relevant material at a relevant level. If the teacher does not plan correctly the students could get lost and switch off as they will get bored and start misbehaving. The teacher always needs to be prepared and keep the topics relevant so the age group finds it current and interesting. The teacher needs to be creative and think of ways of using authentic materials when teaching. This will keep the interest of the students as they are using different materials that are not boring and monotonous. A well planned class will make things much easier for the teacher and there will be less problems with discipline as the students will be engaged in learning and won't be talking amongst themselves. The teacher needs to have a flexible plan, to be able to adapt timing and content depending on the reaction of the students. Maybe some will learn faster than others. The teacher will need to have more advanced material prepared for fast finishers and other explanations ready to explain the same concept for students that don't understand. A well designed plan will make the class easy for new teachers. it will give them confidence, knowledge and skills to gain experience in how a lesson should be carried out. It means new teachers can follow plans from more experienced teachers and should not pick up bad habits at the start. A well designed plan can be used in an emergency if the teacher is sick and a substitute teacher needs to be called. When the substitute teacher is given a well detailed plan and the materials needed to carry out a lesson they can follow the plan and execute it exactly how the teacher had intended. The students therefore do not loose the class time or loose receiving the content prepared to teach the topic. Lesson plans need to form part of the bigger picture of course and unit plans. Depending on the course length and material that needs to be covered within the course, the teacher will be able to plan for all aspects of the course as a whole. During the course, the teacher will need to make lesson plans for testing and evaluation to make sure the students have understood the material studied.


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