Your first lesson with new students
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By James Jenkin
There are teachers who, even after many years in the classroom, still experience nerves before a new class. It’s the fate of a great teacher, because they care if a lesson works or not.
So how can we make our first class a success?
What do learners want?
It’s worth...
Why Lesson Planning is Useful
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By James Jenkin
Teachers are often told they need to write lesson plans. This might be on a teacher training course, or at the school where they teach.
From my experience, it’s often for the wrong reasons. Directors of Studies see producing a lesson plan as a kind of discipline (Of course,...