Aims

Think carefully about your answers to these questions relating to the topic of identifying and selecting aims.

Main ideas

1. What do we call the things we want learners to be able to do by the end of the lesson or course.

2. What are the different things aims can focus on?

3. To help us identify and select appropriate aims what questions should we ask ourselves?

4. What are the three different types of aims?

5. What does each describe?

6. When a teacher has decided on the aims, what is the next step in planning a lesson?

7. After the lesson has been taught, what should teachers do?

8. How can this help them?

How these affect our teaching

a. What should we look at to help us with general planning?

b. In order to plan for particular lessons, what also needs to be considered?

c. What is the difference between aims and procedures?

d. What is the problem with aims that are too general?

e. What is it useful to tell learners our aims for each lesson?