Choosing a learner for your test
A real learner!
During your exam the examiner will sit in the back of the car while you give a lesson to a real learner. We use the term learner to mean 'someone who is learning', this need not be a provisional licence holder.
Our advice for Part Three is that you teach either:
- A full licence holder
- An early stage beginner
The reasons are that, as an inexperienced instructor, either of these would give you a good chance of passing and getting a good grade.
Most people who are not working on a Trainee Licence might prefer to choose a full licence holder - a family member or friend. If you choose a full licence holder take care to ensure that your lesson has a clear theme, for example, motorway driving, dual-carriageway driving, defensive driving on rural roads, etc. It is important that you lesson does not 'drift aimlessly'.
If you have access to a learner the easiest option would be someone doing junctions for the first time or moving from simple left turns to left and right turns. These lessons would be easy to structure.
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