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30-Jan-2012 16:43

How can learners improve lessons?

Teachers plan lessons which may succeed or fail to different degrees. Is the success of a lesson the result of learners behaving in predicted ways? Can learner contributions make a lesson better than the lesson planned by the teacher? I'm sure they can and often do.

Can you share some experiences of lessons which were improved by your learners?

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    jjawilson
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    1. 21-Feb-2012 23:17 (in response to Guest574149)
    How can learners improve lessons?

    Hi Nick,

     

    Nice question.

     

    Something that frequently happens to me is that the students get interested in a topic and a conversation starts that is nothing to do with my lesson plan. In these cases, I always abandon the lesson plan. And - believe me - the lesson plan was always inferior to what the students made the lesson become.

     

    Once, with a CAE class of Swiss and Japanese students, I'd planned to teach the Past Perfect Continuous. Instead, we had a two-hour discussion about the influence of the U.S. in the world. It was a great lesson, thanks to the students, and the Past Perfect Continuous was never even mentioned.

     

    So, yes, my students frequently improve the lessons.

     

    JJ

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