The well prepared teacher will have read through the text and completed each exercise ahead of the lesson in order to anticipate any problems that might arise with a particular class. The activity should lead smoothly to the Student activity which is textbook based. This activity will also enable the teacher to assess the level of existing knowledge and understanding. An Introductory activity has been suggested for each unit, designed to engage the students’ interest by relating the topic to their own experience and encouraging their active participation in the lesson. Although the topic is always known to the teacher, it is not always obvious to the students, so ensure that this is written clearly on the board at the start of each lesson. Each lesson plan includes a list of teaching objectives and measurable learning outcomes, and any materials required are also listed for each unit. There is a lesson plan for each unit in the student book but since some units are longer than others, and students’ existing knowledge of topics will vary, several periods may be needed to complete one unit. The skilled, experienced teacher will take from them what is of value for a given lesson, and adapt the ideas and materials for his/her group of students. This means there can never be one correct way to teach a given topic: hence these teaching guides can only be guides. The teacher may prepare the same material for two or more different classes of students, but due to the unique mixture of skills, talents, experiences, strengths, and weaknesses of the students, the teaching and learning process is never uniform, nor should it be if the teacher is focussed on meeting the learning needs of a particular group. One of the joys of teaching is that no two lessons, however meticulously prepared, are ever the same.
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