Michelle Maxom

Teaching English as a foreign language is an exciting and challenging experience. Here, you will find words of wisdom on everything from choosing a course to lesson planning, and all the stages in between.Lesson planning checklist for teaching EnglishNo matter what country you are teaching in, use this handy checklist to make sure that you’re really prepared for each lesson when you’re teaching English as a foreign language.

No matter what country you are teaching in, use this handy checklist to make sure that you’re really prepared for each lesson when you’re teaching English as a foreign language. I know what level my students are at. I know who my students are – their nationality, language, background and so on. I know how long the lesson is.

Most teachers use a correction code when they mark written work so that the student can do some self-correction. You can devise your own symbols but this table shows some possibilities. Mark Error Indicated / A word is missing / Start a new sentence // Start a new paragraph Gr Grammar error Sp Spelling error P Punctuation error Art Error with articles (a, an, the) c/unc Countable/uncountable error (you can use a/an before countable nouns but never before uncountable noun) Wo Wrong word order Ww Wrong word Wt Wrong tense Wf Wrong form Irreg Irregular verb ?