Your first lesson with new students classroom managment elt first lesson lesson planning

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...

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Why Lesson Planning is Useful elt lesson planning

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,...

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