Some Lesson Planning Problems for New English Language Teachers

Abstract

The focus of attention are some difficulties that teachers experience when facing lesson planning requirements during teacher training. It is based on work with Cambridge CELTA teachers, some – with relatively long experience, others - new to the profession, and reflects the teachers’ own perception of their difficulties when planning their lessons at the beginning and at the end of the five-week intensive CELTA course. Many of us will recognize some of the problems as typical not only of beginner teachers (of English)…