Analysis of Lesson Plans: The Case of English Teaching in Kafa Zone

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2002-06

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Addis Ababa University

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This paper was meant to analyze teacher made lesson plans of English language for grade seven . The methodology employed was content analysis in that selected lesson plans prepared by teachers were content analyzed on the basis of theoretical frames of lesson planning. In addition to the analysis of teacher made lesson plans selected teachers were classobserved to see the extent to which planning and actual application of the teaching learning process match. The analysis of lesson plans made by teachers and the class observation conducted in some selected English classes indicated that, though in various frequencies and quantities, all the teachers used to include all the components of lesson plans in their preparation; most of the teachers failed to write specific instructional information in their lesson plans; all the teachers excluded criteria and condition from the instructional objectives; the expository method was given wider space than the participatory methods; These and other findings were revealed. Finally conclusion and recommendations were given.

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Lesson Plans

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