From my experience, I think that any teaching situation should include the following instructional events:
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Warming up (Orientation)
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Informing students of the objectives (Tasks) they are going to carry out during the lesson.
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Recalling old information (Prerequisites) that is necessary for understanding the new stimulus (material).
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Presenting the new vocabulary items.
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Presenting the new stimulus and conducting a discussion based on the topic in hand to check understanding.
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Practice (Formative Evaluation): At this stage students work out some exercises to practise using the new language items presented during the lesson. The teacher can give help and guidance as well as remedial work.
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Evaluation (Summative): Students work out a final exercise (Test) to evaluate their performance. No help of any kind at this stage.
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Immediate scoring (Feedback) of students’ answers to check to what extent the objectives of the lesson have been achieved.
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Assigning homework to reinforce and consolidate what has been taught and practised during the lesson.
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Self-evaluation and feedback where the teacher tries to evaluate his own performance.