To have a good lesson the teacher has to know how to evaluate the student so the student can improve in classroom and can absorb what the teacher is teaching
And it is also crucial to know what the purpose of the students is studying English so the teacher can direct the student in the right way to take a test of proficiency or a test to work in some company...
This unit covered course books and materials and the way it is an issue for many teachers on whether they use them or not or a combination of using them and creating their own materials,the advantages of using course books was discussed as well as the disadvantges,the teacher has to keep in mind what would be the most beneficial to the students,what would capture their attention and motivate them, how to use material that will make them feel confident with the language...
In this unit I watched two videos of the same teacher teaching the same students the same lesson, yet the response and outcome are entirely different...
Teachers must be well informed about articulatory phonetics and the phonetics of the mother tongue(s) and target language of learners; target languages cannot be addressed in isolation...