Lesson Planning on CELTA

Below are things which are part of your lesson planning documentation. Can you
match the terms in the box to the definitions below?

Main Aim Language analysis Procedure

Anticipated problems and solutions Subsidiary aims Personal aims
Stages (and stage aims)

The primary focus of the lesson. By the end

of the lesson, Ss will be able to…

Any other things Ss may learn which are not

part of the main lesson focus.

What you want to achieve yourself, to help

your development. Can be taken from
action points.

The running order i.e. what will actually

happen during the lesson.

The different parts of the lesson that you

follow in order to achieve your aims e.g. lead
in, gist task, TTT

Meaning, form, pronunciation, appropriacy.

How you will convey and check the language

What Ss could have difficulties with in terms

of language, tasks and classroom
management, and how you can deal with
them.
The Classroom Quiz

A: The Cover Sheet

1. Where can you find help in terms of how best to phrase your main aim?
2. What is the difference between a main aim and subsidiary aim?
3. How can you decide what to select as personal aims? How many should
you choose?

B: The Procedure

4. What different elements should you include on the procedure sheet?

5. What should be included in the actual procedure column?

C: Anticipated Problems and solutions

6. What are some areas we can consider under anticipated problems?

7. Where should anticipated problems for your target language go – into
which document?

D: Language Analysis

8. How many language analysis sheets are there? How do you know which
one to complete?
9. What should you include in your language analysis?
10. Should you include a language analysis sheet for skills lessons?