Fundamentals
What is Didactic Planning?
The systematic, pedagogical roadmap created by a teacher to outline learning objectives, contents, timing, activities, and assessment.
One of the main reasons teachers plan lessons in advance regarding classroom management.
Optimizing classroom time and anticipating potential disruptions or timing issues.
The initial stage of a communicative lesson designed to engage student interest and activate prior knowledge.
Warm-up
What are the four core language skills that must be integrated into comprehensive ELT lesson design?
Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking
What is a Teaching Portfolio?
A curated collection of lesson plans, teaching materials, reflections, and student work samples used to demonstrate teaching competence.
The primary difference between a curriculum/syllabus and a didactic plan.
A syllabus/curriculum outlines general course goals and units, while a didactic plan detail specific classroom procedures, timing, and step-by-step tasks for daily/weekly sessions
What is the pedagogical benefit of didactic planning for the students' cognitive process?
Providing clear structure, logical progression, and scaffolded learning steps.
What is Presentation (or Input stage)?
The stage where the teacher introduces new vocabulary, grammar, or functions in context.
What is Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)?
A lesson planning structure where students complete a central meaningful activity (e.g., planning a trip) before focusing on specific grammar forms.
Why are teaching portfolios important?
Supports self-assessment and evidence-based growth. Besides they help to improve reflective practice.
What is Constructive Alignment?
The educational term for ensuring that learning objectives, teaching activities, and assessment tools are directly connected and support each other.
How does thorough lesson planning helps to reduce teacher stress in the classroom?
By increasing teacher confidence, clarity of instruction, and reducing decision fatigue during class.
The practice stage where students focus primarily on accuracy using structured worksheets, gap-fills, or drills.
Controlled practice
Mention the main elements in a lesson plan.
Objectives, content, methodology, resources and assesement.
Mention an example of a portfolio content
📄 Lesson Plan Excerpt: A detailed EFL lesson with objectives, activities, and materials.
✍️ Reflective Note: "In this lesson, I noticed students struggled with pronunciation, so I adjusted my approach mid-class..."
💬 Student Feedback: Written comments from learners showing growth and engagement.
📊 Assessment Sample: A rubric or graded task demonstrating evaluation skills.
True or False: Didactic planning is a rigid, unchangeable administrative script that must be followed word-for-word without exception.
False, It is a flexible, dynamic guide that adapts to classroom reality
What is Differentiation (or Pedagogical Adaptation)?
The principle of planning that ensures lessons cater to mixed-ability learners through varied tasks and support.
The final stage of a communicative lesson where students focus on fluency and authentic language use with minimal teacher intervention.
Production
Name three distinct teaching methods or instructional frameworks commonly implemented in EFL lesson plans
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Presentation-Practice-Production (PPP), Content-Based Instruction (CBI), or The Direct Method
Which approaches could a portfolio have?
📅 Chronological
Documents arranged by date to show your progression and growth over time. Ideal for tracking development from early to advanced stages.
🗂️ Thematic
Sections organized by teaching skills or portfolio goals. Groups evidence by competency areas such as lesson planning, assessment, or reflection.
The three essential components that must be present in every instructional objective
Action, Context/Condition, and Criteria.
What is Evaluative Reflection?
The term used when a teacher reflects after a lesson to evaluate whether the purpose of the plan was met and how to improve it.
What is Scaffolding?
The instructional technique of providing temporary support to learners during practice stages and gradually removing it as they gain independence.
What is the difference between a language function and a grammar structure in an ELT lesson plan?
A function is the communicative purpose (e.g., ordering food, apologizing), while a structure is the grammatical form used to achieve it (e.g., 'Would like', Present Perfect).
Mention some components of a teaching portfolio