Test Advice: Lesson Route
You need to have a good knowledge of the area and route where you are doing your lesson.
Example 1: If you are teaching an early stage beginner you need to know your route from the test centre (with you driving) to the housing estate or other location where the main body of the lesson will be given, you also need to know how you will use that route to demonstrate the key learning principles of the lesson. In this scenario you would also need to know the main training location (estate or wherever) inside-out so that you have alternative options if there are problems.
Example 2: If you are taking a full licence holder there will be more flexibility with the route and in the event of a major problem on route you might be able to use a sat-nav to recover (and make it a key part of the training) - however, this would not help your chances of a pass. Learn and practise the route and get to know the general area. A common mistake with a full licence holder is to have a single, non-repeating route that lasts the duration of the test - this makes it difficult to assess progress and correct errors. A non-repeating route can work, as you have seen in our rural roads lesson example, but it will need to be very well structured with each part of the route having a specific purpose. Because it is easy to allow non-repeating route lessons lose focus we suggest that it would be better to use a route that repeats one or two times.
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