Using PPP lessons for teaching English - Intro to ESL Lesson Planning (Part 2)

High-quality lessons can take a lot of time to plan! This is something that many teachers (and TESOL trainees) are very familiar with. And the lesson plans that you will design for your TESOL course are no exception—they will test your patience, resilience, and creativity. But one of the takeaways we want you to get from this lesson is some of our best advice on how to quickly and easily design good lessons for your students. So, before we get into all the details that come with lesson planning, we want to give you a simple framework called PPP that you can use to organize your lessons from beginning to end.

We recommend starting with PPP because it follows a natural and predictable order that most of us are familiar with (first, the teacher "teaches," and then the students "practice"). But after you have practiced designing this kind of lesson, we will also recommend other frameworks you can use that are different than PPP. Having a framework like these for organizing your lessons will make your lesson planning process much more efficient and it will help you get the most out of the time you spend getting ready for your next class.

In the next video, Andy walks us through the 3 P's and the 2 W's, and how they fit together to make a quick-and-easy lesson.

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[manuelvalencia]

Speaking from experience and as a CELTA grad, that's how I do my lesson planning; by notebook (the old school paper version). The only time I use a template is when one is required of me or if there's a plan on that template. Depending on the lesson, I might borrow from previous plans, go by the subject theme, or go by the end production result and work backwards. Thank you very much for your videos. I can definitely relate to that teacher.

[tys]

I'm so grateful to you for sharing such an effective teaching method with us. It means the world to me who is struggling with lesson planning.

[millie]

This is a teacher teaching me about teaching with how well he explain he's good at his job thanks a lot it really helped me a lot

[creativeblackgirlstorytelling]

I a currently in my 4th week at the International TEFL Academy and we are working on lessons plan and this video really helped me out a lot. I plan on coming back for refreshers.

[alejandronavarro]

Thank you so much. I studied this some years ago but despite I've been teachin for some time, I didn't remember this WPPPW so well, but since I'm going to do a class model presentation to apply for a new job, your video is very much useful for me in this moment.

[alexandrathiele]

You know I’m also a teacher and I feel passionate about teaching and I do think it’s important to prepare a lesson but I also have to say that I have my lesson plan in my head. I know what subject to start with and how to teach it.
I teach online and I use different materials that I have ready on my computer (worksheets, board games, etc).

So what I want to say is that I don’t spend a lot of time on doing my lesson plan, if something goes wrong during the lesson I try to change and fix it immediately and all the parents like my teaching style, they think I’m always well prepared, but I’m not.

I don’t like to do lesson plans because 1st: it takes a lot of time away and 2nd the lesson or the activities you will do during the lesson will almost always be different anyways - your lesson or how you’re going to conduct your lesson will all depend on your students' mood and also if they need more time to understand a subject before moving on to the next.

[Fhalmonacid]

I am about to start teaching ESL to some friends abroad. Your video is enlightening. Thank you very much!

[ЛюбовьСуворова-пю]

The video is comparable with similar proffessional courses.Thank you for giving such a great opportunity to learn the methodology 🙏Also Id like to point that every single word is important and worth to listen in your video lesson.there isn't any affluent excessive info

[mochzaeed.yt]

No reason anymore for giving up to make their class alive!! I'm so thankful of it, a great video've just come to me😊

[elenad]

This issue is a constant pain in the neck for me. I'm delighted to stumble upon this video and anticipating obtaining some insights. Many thanks!

[lalei]

A new learning teacher from Algeria joined your channel, I am in love with the content . Thank you so much for your help!

[youngenola]

Appreciate for given out your time to deliver such a great lesson plan ideas.

[AustineItebalumeh-qe]

Hi there! As a Tech-Edu enthusiast, I found your video on using PPP lessons for teaching English insightful. It's great to see how you break down the lesson-planning process and emphasize the importance of engaging students throughout. I'm curious, have you explored any innovative technology tools or platforms that enhance the PPP approach and make English language learning even more interactive? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

[khinekhinekhinlay]

This video helps me preparing teaching demonstration. Thank you so much.

[deniseferreira]

Just loved your video. Shared it with a few new teachers, who found it really valuable. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it!

[i_rozer]

Спасибо, действительно полезное видео для начинающих учителей.

[englishflowsbydesignnotbyc]

Thank You For Taking The "Time" To Show The Genuine Part. I should have been an Architect, after 30 yrs and a Project Manager switching from instructing those without English to Teaching ESL. I had a cringe feeling of grammar; my school yrs of being graded from A to C for penmanship which blocked all grammar retention, why put my heart into a C! Watching you at your table, is exactly how I used to as a PM. Your slow, simple, demonstrating not follow material, use it as you prepare to lead your class and then the 20-minute lesson plan bridged my uncertainty in seeing the paralleled similarities, a huge blessing. Thanks!

[dianapamelauaq]

im from mexico and im so happy to see your videos because they are helping me

[VioletOrchid]

Thank you for your clear and straight to the point explanation.

[ArtMoran-cehr]

Thank you so much i am in mexico los cabos san lucas, thia saturday is myvery first time i will be teaching english, your videos for sure will be very helpful. A new follower here