Cambly Pro students are looking for structured lessons in their learning experience. You do not need to prepare traditional, detailed lesson plans in order to provide a structured lesson experience on Cambly!
Providing a structured lesson can be as simple as having a loose plan for what you will cover in that lesson before you enter the classroom. You can also use the AI-generated Pro Lesson Plan tool to help prepare your lessons.
Here are some examples of what a structured lesson might look like for Ana, a Cambly Pro student of intermediate English proficiency who works in finance and is nervous about speaking up in meetings at work. The learning plan you developed with her during your kickoff conversation has the following items to focus on:
- Business jargon, especially idioms and phrasal verbs
- Language that’s commonly used in meetings
- Using articles correctly
Possible Structured Lesson 1
- A few minutes of small talk: I remember Ana had to give a presentation in English on Friday that she was preparing for, so I’ll find out how it went
- One lesson from Cambly’s Business English course to work on general business jargon
Possible Structured Lesson 2
- A quick check-in about how her presentation went on Friday and how her weekend was
- Go over a few general business jargon words we learned last week to review
- Role playing giving status updates in meetings (using the vocab we’ve covered so far)
Possible Structured Lesson 3
- Refresher on when to use ‘the’ or no article
- Practice writing an email to her boss about her current project, and review and correct article errors together
- If there is extra time, review the business jargon we covered in previous lessons
You do not need to write these loose lesson plans down, although you are welcome to share the plan with the student orally or in writing via the messaging function if you’d like. The main thing is that the student feels like you have come prepared to the lesson with a plan that helps them meet their goals. And of course, it’s also important to be flexible with the plan if you or the student decide that there is something else that is more important to work on or a better fit for the student’s energy that day.