Vision

EFT with Andrew aims to provide teachers with ideas and support to make teaching English for Today interesting, educational, student-centred and communicative. The objective is for students to be able to use English to communicate with other people in practical and relevant situations and to enjoy using English.

The lesson plans and guides presented on these pages are based on the English for Today (EfT) class textbooks. They do not follow the Teachers’ Editions provided by the NCTB, but aim to show how to teach each lesson in a communicative way that will be enjoyable for students and teachers alike.

Most of the lessons follow the same pattern:

• Introduction: the topic is introduced using a picture or a general discussion (in Bangla). This stage is also called the ‘lead in’ or ‘warm up’.

• Input: the language to be taught (vocabulary or grammar) is presented in context i.e. in a text or dialogue. This stage may involve some practice e.g. students saying new vocabulary words and phrases chorally (whole class) or with each other (pairwork).

• Practice: the students practice the new language in a number of exercises.

• Task: the students use the new language in a personalised activity i.e. an activity that is about them. This will usually be a spoken task.

• Assessment: Although the teacher should be assessing the students’ output throughout the lesson, the final assessment occurs as the students are performing the final task.

• Closing: the teacher closes the lesson by summarising what has been learnt during the lesson and sets homework based on what was learnt.