How to know when you've taught a great lesson!

How well did you just do in your teaching presentation? If you are realistic, you will know if you did well or not, though it may not always be clear immediately exactly why. And that's not very useful, is it? If you are not sure, or if you are like most of us and want to find out how you could have done better and how you can and will do better next time, the following Presentation Checklist will impart to you all the information you will need to know. Please understand that if you have not had teacher training yet, you will certainly have missed out on some of the great ways we have of improving ourselves in the areas we are rating ourselves on below!

Note, however, that it doesn't matter how experienced we are or how well trained we are as teachers, we all need to evaluate our own performances from time to time. And if you are new and inexperienced teachers (at least at teaching EFL or ESL), it is absolutely imperative to rate your performances, not only for the benefit of your students, but also to ensure that you will qualify for the best paying jobs available! Okay, ready? Here goes ....!

Rate Yourself:

1. Voice	(1  to  10)
A.  Loud and clear speech	____________
B.  Modulation	____________
C.  Tone	____________
D.  Rate of speech	____________
E.  Articulation (pronunciation)	____________
F.  Stress (emphasis)	____________
G.  Fillers (hesitancy)	____________
2. Organization of the Presentation	____________
3. Coordinated body movement / body language	____________
4. Movement	____________
5. Eye contact	____________
6. Facial expression	____________
7. Hand gestures	____________
8. Minimum of  2 visual aids (variety, color)	____________
9. Time control	____________
10. Environment: seating, lighting, air, temperature	____________
11. Logic and flow	____________
12. Questioning technique: to and from	____________
13. Effective use of aids	____________
14. Knowledge	____________
15. Appearance	____________
16. Pleasing (not bad or distracting) mannerisms	____________
17. Confidence	____________
18. Class control	____________
19. Approachability	____________
20. Firm, fair and friendly impression	____________

Total:	____________
of possible 260 (Divide total above by this number) =	____________
	____________
Multiply result above times 100 =  Score	__________%