To do something again in order to allow learners to understand and remember it more completely.
Anticipate(language) problems
When teachers are planning a lesson they think about what their learners might find difficult about the lesson so that they can help them learn more effectively
Rationale
The reason for doing something, e.g. the rationale for pre-teaching vocabulary before learners read a text is to help learners read the text more easily.
Assumptions components(of a lesson plan)
When teachers think about what they believe their learners will or will not know or how they will behave in a particular lesson.
Solution
An answer to a problem.
Personal aim
A personal aim is what the teacher would like to improve in his/her teaching, e.g. to reduce the time I spend writing on the whiteboard.
Sequence
A sequence is a series of things which follow each other in a logical order.
Specific
Involving one particular thing or one type of thing; e.g. teachers might talk about teaching a specific language point.
Main aim
The main aim is the most important aim; e.g. the teacher’s main aim in a lesson could be to teach the present perfect simple or develop listening skills.
Syllabus
This describes the language and skills to be covered on a course, and the order in which they will be taught.
Objective
Something that you plan to achieve. Lesson objectives are specific learning targets that help achieve a lesson’s aims.
Scheme of work
A basic plan of what a teacher will teach for a number of lessons. Its aim is to try to ensure that lessons fit logically together.
Functional exponents
Phrases which are used for a particular communicative purpose or function, e.g. Let’s ..., Shall we ..., How about ...
Set the scene
To explain or discuss the topic or situation of something learners will read, hear, talk or write about, so that learners understand the topic.
Variety
Teachers try to include variety in their lessons, so that learners stay interested.
Stage/Step
A section of a lesson. Lessons have different stages or steps such as lead-in, presentation, controlled practice, etc.
Procedure
A set of actions that describes the way to do something. Teachers write lesson plans and provide details of exactly what is going to happen.
Timing
The likely time different activities or stages in a lesson plan should take.
Phonemic chart
poster or diagram of the phonemic symbols arranged in a particular order.
Specify
To explain or describe something in a clear and exact way. Teachers specify lesson aims in their lesson plans.
Aim
What the teacher wants to achieve in the lesson or in the course.
Stage aim
A stage aim is the aim or purpose of a stage, step or short section of a lesson.
Interaction pattern
The different ways learners and the teacher work together in class, e.g. learner to learner in pairs or groups.
Logical
Connecting ideas in a sensible way.
Timetable fit
Timetable fit is about how a lesson fits logically into the sequence of lessons in a timetable
Aid
Aids are the things that a teacher uses in a class, e.g. handouts, pictures, flashcards.
Outcome
The result of teaching/learning. The teacher intends or aims for a result or outcome in terms of learning at the end of the lesson.
Subsidiary aim
A subsidiary aim is the secondary focus of the lesson, less important than the main aim.
Exponent
An example of a grammar point,
function or lexical set.
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