Planning Lessons and Designing Teaching Materials is a 30-hour online professional development course from TEFL Wonderland. If you are looking for a practical lesson planning and materials course, it gives you strategies you can use in your next lesson. You finish able to plan complete, well-staged lessons and to build the materials that go with them, on paper and online.
What you will learn
- What is involved in teaching and learning a foreign language
- How a teacher moves from explaining content to enabling students
- The lesson planning process, and how brain science can inform it
- The basic structure and content of a lesson plan
- How student proficiency and lesson aims affect planning
- Different models for structuring a lesson
- Selecting, adapting and designing teaching materials and activities
- Using educational technology and online resources to create digital teaching materials
Lesson planning and materials course: at a glance
- 30 hours of professional development
- Online and gamified, with a checkpoint at the end of each territory
- 6 territories: English Teaching: From Explaining to Enabling; The Lesson Planning Process; The Main Points in a Lesson Plan; Lesson Structures and Stages; Designing Teaching Materials; Using Technology in Teaching
- A TEFL Wonderland certificate of completion, with a verification number and QR code
Who this lesson planning and materials course is for
It is designed for English teachers who want a solid, practical method for planning lessons and designing materials. No special software is needed: all you need is an internet connection.
How it works
- Enroll and pay securely online by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal.
- Our team emails your course login.
- Work through the course online, passing the checkpoints and completing the course evaluation.
- Receive your certificate of completion.
Frequently asked questions
Is this lesson planning and materials course online?
Yes. It is online and gamified, with a checkpoint at the end of each territory.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. You receive a TEFL Wonderland certificate of completion with a verification number and QR code.
Can my school enroll a group of teachers?
Yes. Ask us about group enrollment for your school or institution through the advice form.
Why choose TEFL Wonderland
Choosing this lesson planning and materials course means learning with TEFL Wonderland – Brilliant Minds, a team of university professors, TESOL experts and certified examiners based in Ottawa, Canada, with learners and partners around the world. We create learning experiences, not click-and-read courses, and we are an approved center of Gatehouse Awards, an Ofqual-regulated awarding body. Questions before you enroll? Email support@teflwonderland.com and our team will help.
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