ELT365 · Day 252 — Solutions — Planning for Problems
For every anticipated problem, write a solution — not a worry. The plan is your back-up strategy. A problem without a solution is just an anxiety on paper.
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ELT365 · Day 251 — Anticipated Problems — Learners and Tasks
Beyond language, plan for procedural problems: unclear task design, grouping that doesn't work, or a text too long for the time available.
ELT365 · Day 250 — Anticipated Problems — Language
Before teaching, predict where learners will struggle with the target language: meaning confusion, form errors, or pronunciation difficulty.
ELT365 · Day 249 — Assumed Knowledge
Lesson plans should state what learners are expected to already know. This shapes your starting point and helps you avoid teaching what they already have.
ELT365 · Day 248 — Selecting Target Language
Target language is the specific item you are teaching: a structure, a set of lexical chunks, a functional exponent. Analyse it before you plan any stages.
ELT365 · Day 247 — Writing a Good Lesson Aim
A good lesson aim is learner-facing and observable: 'By the end, learners will be better able to…' Avoid teacher behaviour ('I will teach…') as the aim.
ELT365 · Day 246 — Aims — Main and Subsidiary
Every lesson needs one main aim — the primary thing learners will be better able to do by the end. Subsidiary aims are language or skills practised along the way.
ELT365 · Day 245 — The Lesson Plan vs the Lesson
A written plan is a hypothesis; the lesson is the experiment. Experienced teachers deviate from plans when learners need something different — but only because they planned well.
ELT365 · Day 244 — Why Plan Lessons?
A lesson plan is a tool for thinking — not a script. It forces you to articulate what you want learners to achieve and how you will get them there.