Anatole France very accurately noted the importance of an unusual presentation of educational material, saying: “The knowledge that is absorbed with appetite is better absorbed.” Many experienced and novice teachers are wondering how to conduct an interesting lesson? Such that the guys were afraid to be late for it, and after the bell they were in no hurry to leave the class.

How to awaken the “appetite” of students for new knowledge? How to make each lesson interesting and unusual? How to competently use well-known pedagogical techniques and techniques in order to conduct memorable lessons? This topic is devoted to our material.

Secrets of preparing and conducting an interesting lesson

So, each lesson should arouse interest in the child. Yes, yes, every one. An interesting lesson should be history and English, an open lesson and a traditional one. In this case, the effectiveness of school teaching increases markedly, and new material is easily absorbed. We will tell you how to prepare and conduct productive and interesting lessons.

• Plan the lesson taking into account the age characteristics of the students, their emotional state, their tendency to work individually or in a group. The concept of each interesting activity should have a creative beginning.
• Put yourself in the place of a child, do not limit your flight of fancy - and there will definitely be non-standard solutions. And impeccable mastery of the material and pedagogical improvisation will make the prepared lesson interesting.
• Always remember that a great start to a lesson is the key to success! Start the lesson actively (you can - with a little surprise!), clearly formulate its tasks, check your homework using .

• An interesting lesson is always broken into clear fragments with logical bridges between them. For example, do not bring down a portion of new knowledge on students, but smoothly and logically move from one stage of the lesson to another. Each separate part of the lesson should not be delayed (on average - up to 12 minutes, with the exception of explaining new material).
• Use a variety of techniques for a fun lesson. Using a computer or an electronic projector, you can simply and easily make both open and traditional lessons interesting in any discipline. For example, a presentation on the big screen of a significant event or watching a military newsreel will help the teacher to conduct an interesting history lesson.
• Be flexible! Equipment breakdown, student fatigue or unexpected questions are situations from which a teacher must be able to quickly and competently find a way out. For example, in order to relieve the tension that has arisen in the classroom, you need to have in stock simple and fun tasks on the topic (preferably in a playful way).

• How to conduct interesting lessons for high school students? Don't be afraid to break stereotypes! Don't be afraid to experiment and improvise! Avoid templates! After all, the lack of interest in the lesson is most often due to the fact that students know in advance all its stages. This chain, which is pretty annoying for the guys, can and should be broken.
• Do not do all the work for the students to avoid silence and help them! Encourage students to be active. Give children simple and logical instructions for completing tasks of any complexity. Get the most out of every task.
• Use group work: such activities are not only interesting, but also teach children to make collective decisions, develop a sense of partnership. This form of work is often used to conduct an interesting open lesson.
• To keep your lessons interesting, constantly look for and find unusual and surprising facts on each topic that are not in the textbook. Surprise your students and never stop being surprised with them!
• Create and constantly replenish your own methodological piggy bank of the most successful, interesting and exciting tasks and forms of work, use entertaining material in every lesson.
• Thematic games will make the lesson interesting in any class. The game gives rise to a relaxed and relaxed atmosphere in the classroom, in which new knowledge is well absorbed. For example, by passing a small ball through the rows, you can arrange an active blitz poll. And role-playing games will help to conduct an interesting English lesson.

The focus is on the personality of the teacher

It is no secret that children often develop interest in a subject due to the bright personality of the teacher who teaches it. What does that require?

• Leave fatigue, worries, troubles outside the school threshold! Open to communicate with students! Children really appreciate the appropriate and accessible humor in the classroom, dialogue on an equal footing.
• Behave outside the box! Go beyond the usual limits, because the personality and behavior of the teacher in the classroom is extremely important. Do you traditionally wear a business suit? Put on a bright sweater for the next lesson! Is energy always in full swing? Conduct the lesson in a relaxed manner. Prefer to explain new material while standing at the blackboard? Try to tell a new topic while sitting at the table. As a result, children will follow the teacher with interest, subconsciously expecting something new and unusual from each lesson.
• Give more interesting examples from personal experience, because a teacher, first of all, is a creative person and an extraordinary person. Vivid life examples are remembered much better than fictional ones.

We hope that our recommendations will help teachers in preparing and conducting new boring lessons. Remember that the desire for personal and professional self-improvement is the basis of successful and effective pedagogical activity, a guarantee that each new lesson will be interesting.

Secrets of preparing and conducting an interesting lesson
So, each lesson should arouse interest in the child. Yes, yes, every one. An interesting lesson should be history and English, an open lesson and a traditional one. In this case, the effectiveness of school teaching increases markedly, and new material is easily absorbed. We will tell you how to prepare and conduct productive and interesting lessons.
Plan the lesson taking into account the age characteristics of the students, their emotional mood, inclination to work individually or in a group. The concept of each interesting activity should have a creative beginning.
Put yourself in the place of a child, do not limit your imagination- and non-standard solutions are sure to be found. And impeccable mastery of the material and pedagogical improvisation will make the prepared lesson interesting.
Always remember that a great start to a lesson is the key to success! Start the lesson actively (you can - with a little surprise!), clearly formulate its tasks, check your homework using non-standard forms of work.
An interesting lesson is always broken into clear fragments with logical bridges between them. For example, do not bring down a portion of new knowledge on students, but smoothly and logically move from one stage of the lesson to another. Each separate part of the lesson should not be long (on average - up to 12 minutes, with the exception of explaining new material).
Use a variety of techniques for a fun lesson. Using a computer or an electronic projector, you can simply and easily make both open and traditional lessons interesting in any discipline. For example, a presentation on the big screen of a significant event or watching a military newsreel will help the teacher to conduct an interesting history lesson.
Be flexible! Breakdown of equipment, fatigue of students or unexpected questions - these are situations from which the teacher must be able to quickly and competently find a way out. For example, in order to relieve the tension that has arisen in the classroom, you need to have in stock simple and fun tasks on the topic (better - in a playful way).
How to conduct interesting lessons for high school students? Don't be afraid to break stereotypes! Don't be afraid to experiment and improvise! Avoid templates! After all, the lack of interest in the lesson is most often due to the fact that students know in advance all its stages. This chain, which is pretty annoying for the guys, can and should be broken.
Do not do all the work for the students to avoid silence and help them! Encourage students to be active. Give children simple and logical instructions for completing tasks of any complexity. Get the most out of every task.
Use group work: such activities are not only interesting, but also teach children to make collective decisions, develop a sense of partnership. This form of work is often used to conduct an interesting open lesson.
To keep your lessons interesting, constantly look for and find unusual and surprising facts on each topic that are not in the textbook. Surprise your students and never stop being surprised with them!
Create and constantly replenish your own methodical piggy bank for the most successful, interesting and exciting tasks and forms of work, use entertaining material in each lesson.
Thematic games will make the lesson interesting in any class. The game gives rise to a relaxed and relaxed atmosphere in the classroom, in which new knowledge is well absorbed. For example, by passing a small ball through the rows, you can arrange an active blitz poll. And role-playing games will help to conduct an interesting English lesson.
The focus is on the personality of the teacher
It is no secret that children often develop interest in a subject due to the bright personality of the teacher who teaches it. What does that require?
Leave fatigue, worries, troubles outside the school threshold! Open to communicate with students! Children really appreciate the appropriate and accessible humor in the classroom, dialogue on an equal footing.
Behave outside the box! Go beyond the usual limits, because the personality and behavior of the teacher in the classroom is extremely important. Do you traditionally wear a business suit? Put on a bright sweater for the next lesson! Is energy always in full swing? Conduct the lesson in a relaxed manner. Prefer to explain new material while standing at the blackboard? Try to tell a new topic while sitting at the table. As a result, children will follow the teacher with interest, subconsciously expecting something new and unusual from each lesson.
Give more interesting examples from personal experience, because a teacher, first of all, is a creative person and an extraordinary person. Vivid life examples are remembered much better than fictional ones.
We hope that our recommendations will help teachers in preparing and conducting new boring lessons. Remember that the desire for personal and professional self-improvement is the basis of successful and effective teaching, a guarantee that each new lesson will be interesting.

Good winter day everyone!

Autumn is coming to an end, it’s incomprehensible snow outside the window, and your phone suddenly rings and, having picked up the phone and prepared to refuse to take a loan or have a very necessary procedure in a beauty salon, you hear that someone is eager to learn a language, and certainly under your sensitive leadership.

What to do and where to run?

Let's try to figure out what to talk about on the phone and what to do on first lesson in English.

Telephone conversation

By phone, I always try to discuss the points that concern me in order to understand whether we can cooperate or not. And the answer will be negative if:
1) not suitable time or place conducting classes;
2) not satisfied price;
3) goal student learning does not coincide with my teaching goals (for me, this is when a mother wants us to do homework in English with a child or an adult declares that he will only talk, without tedious rules and memorizing words);
4) on the other end of the wire they say as if I already have something must caller.

If everything suits us, we agree on the place and time of the first lesson. I warn you that the purpose of the first meeting there will be a language level determination, it is free and lasts about 40 minutes. You need to take a notebook and a pen with you.
I also learn how the student himself can determine his level of knowledge in order to imagine what level of material to prepare. As a rule, adults quite adequately assess their capabilities, while with schoolchildren one cannot be sure of anything.

It happens that parents say: “we have been studying with a tutor for two years, but she can no longer study with us, so we turned to you”, I prepare A2 level materials, I come to class - and the child barely reads, and say he can’t do almost anything… The student becomes embarrassed because he doesn’t meet my expectations, my mother sees his discomfort and also starts to worry… It’s a stupid situation, I usually try to cheer me up in every possible way to smooth this moment, otherwise after the first meeting there will be an unpleasant impression.

First meeting

If the first lesson is held by the student, I always leave early and try to dress more formally in order to make a good impression, it determines the opinion of the teacher for a long time. This is when we get to know each other better, you can walk in torn jeans and a T-shirt ...

Impressed, proceed directly to the lesson:

1. We start the meeting with dialogue. I have not yet seen a single student who cannot speak English at all. Before the conversation, I say to speak English as they say, without fear of making mistakes. If he does not understand or does not know something, let him speak in Russian.
   I ask standard questions: How are you? The name of? Where does he/she study/work? What does he like to do in his free time? If I see that I am doing well, I ask about the purpose of the study and wishes for conducting classes in English, if not, in Russian. (Accordingly, if there is a student in front of me, I ask this question to my parents, who always sit next to me at the first lesson).
2. I give further vocabulary and grammar test(about 20 questions), about 5 minutes. (If the student is an adult, I can send him to the post office before the meeting so as not to waste time in class.
   It is better to save the results in a separate folder specially dedicated to students. What for? If during the training the popular phrase “we have been studying for six months now, but I don’t feel that I have progressed in learning the language” pops up, show it every time I hear it. This is especially popular with USE students, recently one of them wrote me a sampler for 86 points (against 72 points six months ago), and still the same song: “I know the language worse than before” ...
3. While I'm reviewing the test, I give a small text for reading comprehension, with post-text speaking tasks, and ideally with listening, where the end of the story is recorded (for example, for adults, I like the text about the hotel with a ghost from lesson 6B New English File Elementary).

After all the manipulations, I say what level the student has (as a rule, the dialogue-test-text in unison repeats one thing, but there are also cases when the student understands what he read and writes the test well, but he can’t say almost anything and understands poorly by ear ), and which tutorial and why we choose. When choosing a textbook, I focus not only on the level of knowledge, but also on the tasks assigned to us.

In the end, I ask you once again to express any wishes for the classes, and for my part I warn that:

• at class cancellation(ill, work, urgent matters) must be reported 24 hours in advance. If more than three times in six months a lesson is canceled right before the lesson, I transfer it to an advance payment and increase the price. If I cancel the lesson (due to illness of myself or the child), we can reschedule it at the request of the student for the weekend or for a window in my schedule;
• at unfinished homework(more than three times in six months) we part. I don't believe in progress without independent work. I can make an exception for adults, who may not do homework for one lesson and we chat with them the whole lesson, and for the second they do double volume;
• raise the price I won’t be studying for a year (unless, of course, the goal changes - I suddenly want to pass the exam), and if I decide to raise it from the next academic year, I will inform you about it three months in advance;
• if the student has something do not like during the lesson, I want to focus on some type of activity or any other doubts arise - all complaints are accepted and considered.

Results

It's great if you have a business card with coordinates. It looks professional, and it becomes clear that you are serious about the matter. I want to do everything for myself, I even came up with a design, but my hands won’t reach it.

Over time, at the first meeting, it becomes clear whether the person is serious. This helps to avoid that feeling when you allocated a place in the schedule, prepared for classes, tried to captivate and entertain ... and after a vacation or vacation, it disappears forever, leaving an unpleasant aftertaste on your soul.

I don’t want to end the article on a sad note, so I’ll say that the percentage of students who go nowhere is small - two students left me in a year. When I remember our first meetings, I understand that now I would not waste time. The first one on the phone said “it’s expensive for you”, but she started to study anyway, the second told me every lesson: “I like everything, I’m ready to study and do everything” and also disappeared after the holidays.
There are much more of those who come by word of mouth, so look at everything philosophically - "when one door closes, another one will certainly open."
Happy New Year everyone and good luck!

P.S. About the first lesson with those who are going to prepare for the OGE or the USE, I am writing.

Non-standard forms of education in primary school

or how to make the lesson interesting.

At all times, teachers are constantly looking for ways to enliven the lesson, trying to diversify the forms of explanation and feedback.

It is necessary to use non-standard forms correctly and skillfully. The effectiveness of the educational process at school primarily depends on the correct choice of forms of organization of education in the subject.

When choosing the forms of work, it is necessary to take into account the conditions in which the educational process is deployed. The presence of a variety of didactic material, special equipment allows you to individualize the learning process. Also, the content of the educational material, which may have different difficulty, different novelty, has a lot to do with it. It is important to take into account how the form contributes to the manifestation of the active position of each student, which is expressed in the defense of his opinion, the ability to prove, argue the corresponding position, defend his point of view, and show a sense of collectivism.

I believe that non-standard lessons are one of the important means of teaching, as they form a steady interest in learning among students, relieve tension, stiffness, which are characteristic of many children, and help form the skills of educational work, the actual educational activity. Non-standard lessons have a deep emotional impact on children, thanks to which they form stronger, deeper knowledge. Non-standard forms of lessons that I used in my practice: lesson-game "Magic Tangle", lesson "brain - ring", lesson - travel, lesson - research, lesson - creative workshop, lesson - unusual plants, lesson - fairy tale "Whirlwind" , lesson - game, lesson - meeting, lesson - competition, lesson - competition, lesson with theatrical elements, lesson - excursion to the store, lesson - building a new house, lesson - winter holiday.

Each teacher in the "methodical piggy bank" has accumulated his own, "proprietary" methods and techniques. The solution of the tasks set by me in the lessons is facilitated by "active teaching methods and techniques".

In my work, I use methods :

Methods of organization and implementation of educational and cognitive activities of students.

Methods of verbal transmission of information of auditory perception of information.

Theme "Sentence, phrase, word"

Fabulous guests came to visit us with questions. The cockerel is very worried about what our speech consists of? Answer kids.

Methods of visual transmission of information and visual perception of information.

For example, a lesson in visual geometry, grade 3.

Topic "Area of ​​a Right Triangle"

Children consider a right-angled triangle, make assumptions about finding its area. Then they conduct an experiment and prove that the triangle can be completed to a rectangle. (See Attachment)

Methods of transferring information through practical activities.

For example, a lesson in Russian, grade 3.

Topic "Spelling of suffixes -ik, -ek"

Look at this item and tell me what fairy tale we are in? ("The Golden Key or the Adventures of Pinocchio")

Write down the phrase golden key in your notebook.

What spellings are found in the words?

word key sort by composition.

Why is the suffix -ik written in it?

Make a sentence with this word.

Methods of stimulation and motivation of students.

Emotional Methods

For example, in mathematics lessons, children solve multi-level problems. At the lessons of the Russian language, they choose from the proposed tasks the one that they like best.

cognitive methods.

For example, a lesson in Russian, grade 3.

Topic "Adjective"

After studying the new material, the children pick up adjectives with the same root for vocabulary words and come up with a story with these words.

Composition of fairy tales, stories, poems on a given topic.

Creation of a problem situation. For example, a lesson about the world around us, grade 3.

Theme "Living and inanimate nature"

At the beginning of the lesson, children are asked problematic questions:

Is it possible to say that animate and inanimate nature and the world around us are one and the same?

A flower pot - are they objects of nature or objects of the world around us?

social methods.

When working in a group, a consultant is selected who exercises control. This form of work leads to the creation of a situation of mutual assistance.

Methods of control and self-control.

Oral

For example, a lesson in Russian, grade 2.

Theme "Consolidating knowledge about checked and unverified vowels at the root of the word"

When repeating theoretical material, I use a frontal survey.

Explain what an unstressed vowel means?

Why do unstressed vowels need to be checked?

How to check the spelling of an unstressed vowel in the root of a word?

Is it always possible to check the spelling of an unstressed vowel in the root? How do they proceed in this case?

Methodical methods:problem posing,problem situations,work with cards, communicative attack, game moment, gift for work in the lesson, telegram, letter, talking on the phone, relay race, photo eye, selective reading, reading proverbs “on the contrary”, crossword puzzles, non-traditional beginning of the lesson, beginning of the lesson with elements of theatricalization and others .

Also in my practice I use not only non-standard forms of education, but also new information technologies (NIT). I know that new information technologies are the future. The use of NIT can transform the teaching of traditional subjects by rationalizing child labor, optimizing the processes of understanding and remembering educational material, and most importantly, raising children's interest in learning to an immeasurably higher level.

I especially like to conduct lessons using a computer presentation. In such lessons, time is significantly saved, the material is presented with a large amount of clarity. Children participate with interest in the educational process. Moreover, greater interest develops if the children themselves participate in the preparation of presentations for the lessons.

In 2006, the children and I participated in the city competition of student projects. Topic of the research project: "Three whales in the economy" (the world around us, grade 3).

It is aimed at educating and respecting working people through acquaintance with the enterprises of the city and the professions of parents. The project was carried out over three weeks. The aim of this project is not only to gain practical knowledge on this topic, but also to instill skills in working with information and working in a team.

In addition, the children learned how to use new computer programs and how to summarize their thoughts. The children were asked the question: “What is required for the production of goods and services?” The whole class was divided into three groups: journalists, guides, environmentalists. Each group explored a specific topic. You see them on the screen. The results of the children's work were:

Booklet “What does work mean for a person?”;

Multimedia presentation about the enterprises of our city;

Magazine: “All kinds of professions are important, all kinds of professions are needed”;

Posters for the protection of natural resources.

In the process of work, students gained experience in working with computer equipment, experience in working with computer programs, and research activities.

As a result, the children learned about the large enterprises of our city, such as Kronostar LLC, Sharyinsky DOK LLC, the railway, electric networks, post office, bank. As well as the activities of private entrepreneurs.

The guys did a great job: collecting material about the enterprises of the city, interviewing parents, publishing the magazine “All kinds of professions are important, all kinds of professions are needed”, creating the booklet “Labor” and the presentation “What is capital?” The defense of the project was successful. The project "Three pillars of the economy" took first place.

Conclusion. The essence of all the above methods, forms and methods of teaching is to get a high result in the lesson with the least amount of effort and time, so that the lesson raises children to the next step in their mental growth, development and education.

It has been proven that the more interesting the lesson, the higher the motivation and effectiveness of learning English. In this regard, there are three general types of classes: frontal, group and individual.

Front lessons

Frontal lessons are those in which the teacher gives the students new information, the students listen and then ask questions at the end of the lesson. The whole process is based on a monologue and a visual presentation of information. Usually this is not the most exciting type of class, but there is a variant of the frontal lesson that can be considered an exception: an excursion.

For example, an English lesson on the topic of animals can be held at a local zoo; the teacher can name each animal and give a short description, depending on the level of knowledge of the class. To make the children more interested, the teacher can assign group tasks. For example, at the end of the tour, each group should talk about their favorite animal ().

You can also use an interesting book as a basis for the lesson. Such, for example, as the popular book "Funny English Errors and Insights: Illustrated". This book contains 301 examples of funny English mistakes made by schoolchildren, journalists, parents and even teachers.

You can read the mistakes to the class, and if someone does not understand what the humor is, then you or one of the students can explain it to him. A child will learn a lesson much better if it is presented in the form of a joke.

Group lessons

Group classes usually involve competition or teamwork. This type of class is recommended for the advanced level. An example of an interesting lesson in this case could be a theater competition, where each group chooses a play or a fragment of it for themselves.

Each group must make their own costumes and be as creative as possible with the scenery and the embodiment of the plot. You can suggest a specific theme, such as Halloween, Shakespeare, or even a TV series.

Another example is a gaming trial. The characters in the book can serve as a basis here. One group of students can defend the actions of the character, the other can condemn; another can be a jury, and a teacher can be a judge. Have the "advocate" and "prosecutor" groups discuss their arguments, and then one or two will come forward and argue for the group's point of view.

The jury must hear the parties and reach a verdict, and the judge will manage everything that happens. You can take literary classics like Charles Dickens's Great Expectations as a basis (and consider, say, whether Miss Havisham's actions are fair), as well as films or television series.

Individual lessons

Individual lessons depend on the level of each student. It is important not to impose anything in them, but only to give advice and offer interesting material for work, so that this stimulates the child - for example, homework built in a playful way, or analysis of an interesting text for advanced levels.

Interesting English lessons are not difficult to conduct, their only requirement is that they must be creative and stimulate knowledge of the language.

What interesting English lessons do you know or practice?