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the information they need to evaluate their own level and progress by
tests, tutorials and evaluation by the students.
Tests
It is often appropriate to give test at different stages in a course: In TP
your students may be given placement test to assist the formation of
groups of students at the same level, or a diagnostic test which is
designed to tell you and the students what they do and don’t know at the
beginning of a course.
8 Planning lessons
Right from the start it is important that you think about and plan each of
your lessons. In the early stages of TP, you will probably get a lot of help
and guidance from your supervisor; but as you progress and become
more independent you will have to make more decisions about what and
how y us teach. You also need to learn how to design a scheme of work
for a particular group of students, in which a series of lessons are linked
to form a complete programmed. In this information we look at writing
lesson plans, how you can get ready for lessons and steps you can take
after the lesson to help you to improve future lessons. We also look at
how to analyze student’s needs and plan a scheme of work.
Lesson plans
The writing of lesson plans has a number of important functions:
An aid to planning
Writing down that you expect the students to be able to do by the end
of the lesson, and what you intend to do make that possible, helps you
to think logically through the stages in relation to the time you have
available.
A working document
Having something to refer to in the lesson helps keep you on target,
although it should never prevent you from responding to the needs of the
moment, if necessary.
A record
Suitably amended after the lesson, a lesson plan acts as a record of what
the class has done and might form the basis for a future lesson plan with
a similar class.
In addition, in the TP situation the lesson plan can form the basis of
discussion of the lesson with your supervisor. He or she may wish to look
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