Lesson Plans

They experience. Trainees experience meaningful language learning activities as if they were language students and you were their language teacher. Before they can know how to teach language effectively, they should know how it feels to learn language effectively. 

They reflect on their experience. They think about the learning experience. They think how it was a good experience or not a good experience. They think about whether or not it was an effective way to learn language.  They share their thoughts with their classmates and you.

They conceptualize. To conceptualize means to think and create ideas. As they reflect on their experience, talk about it, write about it, maybe even draw pictures or diagrams about it -- these activities will help them construct their own ideas about language learning and teaching. 

They apply and practice.  They observe other language learning experiences and apply the concepts they have learned to them. They will also apply the concepts they have learned to creating language learning experiences for their classmates and others because the best way to know what it means to be a teacher is to teach. Their own experience is their best teacher.