The essence of lesson planning for instructors

Abstract

        The aim of this research is to help the teachers further their understanding of the principles of effective lesson planning . many teachers, particularly those at start of their teaching careers , find lesson planning problematic and only time consuming . Surveys of graduates of education schools indicate that the area of concern of new teachers is their feelings of inadequacy in managing Classes . Classroom management  and management of student conduct are skills that teachers acquire and hone over time. These skills almost never " jell " until after a minimum of few years of teaching experience . Skills of effective classroom management  are central to teaching and require common sense , consistency , a sense of fairness and courage  . These skills also require that teachers understand in more then one way the psychological and developmental levels of their students. For us, as teachers of English , lesson planning is a vital elements of classroom management and it is an important responsibility of language teachers. Most of the teachers don’t pay attention to this process which enables them to organize their lesson materials . No job can be done efficiently without planning .