Although the format of this part of the Cambridge Delta won’t change, they have decided to do way with the term “experimental lesson” because:

a) Teachers almost always decide to do something like the Silent Way that hundreds of teachers have done before, making it about as cutting edge an experiment as jumping into a full bath to see what weight of water pours out (or, as the common TEFL simile has it, about as cutting edge as Cutting Edge)

b) The way you’re supposed to do it has about as much relationship to a proper scientific experiment as deciding that throwing three tails in a row means you have magical powers would

c) Its name rather patronisingly suggests that all your other lessons are the opposite of experimental, i.e. churning out more of the same old crap

They are therefore looking for a new name. Top suggestions so far are:

– The Wacky Lesson

– The Touchy-Feely Lesson

– The You’d Never Get Away With This On Your CELTA Lesson

– The There’s a Very Good Reason Why Teaching This Way is Still Thought of as Experimental Lesson

– The The Only Reason Your Students Won’t Revolt Is Because There’s a Scary Looking Observer In the Room Lesson

– The Any Old Theory Will Do Lesson

Any more ideas?