Planning and Preparation

Planning and Preparation

Learn more about how to prepare and plan your classes.

Click Teaching Methodology for teaching articles written for Chinese teachers of English or Classroom Management for more ideas of organising your classes.

Set broad and specific goals and also goal-achieving activities for your students.

Explore ways to enrich lessons and match class activities with the goals you set.

The three main stages in lessons: presentation, practice and production, enable students to learn efficiently.

Add different types of activities to spice up your lessons.

Make use of teaching aids like blackboard, tape recorder and overhead projector to help your students learn.

Check how to plan activities and ensure that they flow well throughout the lesson.

Read about the various ways in designing the teaching and testing activities.

Understand how your students have learned through assessment and adjust your future teaching plans.

Make good use of learning resources to help your students grasp the language.