Qualities of the Foreign Language Teacher
Some points regarding on what makes a successful TEOFL or TEOSL teacher.
Qualities of a good teacher involve that he keep the class interested but that his material is relevant to the course. I think many teachers think a conversational language teacher can talk just about anything and never have to refer to any syntax, grammar or idiomatic form. Getting to understand student needs is cardinal to being able to teach them. Some exercises are needed when teaching. I would say that some exercises are one way of confirming what the participant knows.
If the teacher is going to talk about travel then he can pick a variety of destinations to talk about but he has to develop an outline regarding what information he wants the student to get from the discussion. He may initially refer to a reading that is going to be discussed. If the content is to be discussed than the appropriate questions can be associated. Teaching is not only about throwing content at the student.
He may then add life to the conversation by getting the student to go up to the board and present points that would favour travel to that destination based on what was discussed. This is how a forum could be started. So the teacher has to be dynamic and no when to alter an exercise or pick up from the class’s attitude.
He has to be able to deal effectively with class issues and personality conflicts should they arise. Personally I do not to see myself as a policeman in the class and the student should not feel that he is being monitored as a culprit. I try to use the student’s energy in a positive way and get him involved constructively. Once that person sees he is having a positive impact he will likely be happy to participate again.
4 Comments
I completely agree. Qualities of a good teacher involve that he keep the class interested but that his material is relevant to the course. I think many teachers think a conversational language teacher can talk just about anything and never have to refer to any syntax, grammar or idiomatic form. Getting to understand student needs is cardinal to being able to teach them. Some exercises are needed when teaching. I would say that some exercises are one way of confirming what the participant knows.
I completely agree.I think a good teacher should know every problem of ceach student and be able to deal with it successfully.Be able to reply to each question of student in a way to help student understand.he should be liked by students and give them time to be friendly
I completely agree. I thing qualities of a good teacher involve that he/she has the love of students, helpfull, god sense of homour and exellence in the target language.
i also agree with that, moreover the teacher would have also a good command of language and mastered on his or her field…
teacher should know how to cope with the different situations on the classroom..he should put emotions in his class and should not give a threatening atmosphere..he should also know how to integrate the lessons and flexible enough to relate it on the other field…most especially,the teacher must be BRILLIANT…