TESL 0100 Unit 6 Reflection

(Source: http://www.everyaustraliancounts.com.au/first-plan-explained/ )

Lesson planning is the most important and creative process that allows teachers to think about the choice of lesson objectives, activities, material needed, the time required and how the students will be grouped.

Lesson planning helps teachers to acquire the necessary information and makes them more confident. Teachers need to consider a lot of things while developing a lesson plan such as how this plan will cater for students with different levels, about the possible issues that can occur while lesson and how it would be resolved.

Another important thing that a teacher needs to consider is individual differences. As every student is unique and different in ability, motivation, background knowledge, and many more aspects. It becomes very important for teachers to cater for the individual differences. I think, one way to do so is to become adaptive. 

While planning a lesson for the students, teachers need to carefully determine what the students already know and that can be done by engaging in discussions with the student and with the needs assessment.

The teacher can set up different tasks for the students at the same time. This can be a real challenge for the teacher, but it will remove the feeling among the students that activity is too easy/difficult for them.

Some of the advanced level students can work independently, while others can work in pairs. The weaker students can be given more guidance and support by the teacher while the strong ones can be given an opportunity to work on their own.