TESOL/Lesson Plan

This is a universal lesson plan for TESOL. At each stage of a lesson there are different techniques that a teacher can use that will most likely work given the number of students, their abilities, their level of motivation, and so on.

Present

 * listen and repeat
 * substitution drill
 * look at a question speculate on the corresponding answer, or vice versa
 * change a sentence to be true for one's own case

Practice

 * fill in the gaps
 * change underlined parts of a text
 * match sentence halves
 * match questions with answers
 * match sentences of equal meaning
 * read, cover, and recall (e.g. a story)

Produce

 * see Conversation strategies