THE NEED FOR A LESSON PLAN IN THE TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS.
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Introduction
What is a lesson plan? It is the most important document in the teaching learning process. This document is considered to be the teacher’s detailed description of the process during the whole academic course, it contains the objectives, contents, abilities to develop and other instructions for any class and the whole subject or syllabus and some other information the teacher saves to plan, organize, regulate and control in the process. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class instructions during the teaching learning process. The steps to follow will vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the need for teachers and students, character of knowledge, etc, though the system of education, the level of education also differs one from the other. There may be requirements mandated by the school system regarding the lesson plan. The main purpose of the material is to provide the staff with information to bear in mind and to make them see the importance of keeping the process planned.
Main body
When developing a lesson plan, bear in mind the following points.
As there are many formats for a lesson plan, most lesson plans must contain some or all of these elements, typically in this order or covered in a similar way:
In foreign language teaching, it is very fruitful to order class assignments to the whole class, they may be in small groups, in the form of workshops, as an independent work, with the character of peer learning, or contractual assignments to do outside the classroom in most of the cases:
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