Přednášky - topic 1,2,3 - souhrn

Teacher´s Skills and Knowledge; Teacher´s Role in the Classroom

Good x bad teachers

• There is not a universal definition of a good teacher

• A good teacher is a teacher who is: SYSTEMATIC, reliable, hard-working/diligent, strict, just, reasonable, modest, interested in his subject + constantly learning it, calm + humorous !

Professional teachers

• Pre-service or in-service training - Observation

• Reflection of experience - Discussion with colleagues

• Reading - Writing Research

Three areas of teacher‘s competence

Subject matter

• Teacher knows the language system

• Teacher is a proficient English speaker

• Teacher knows the culture of English speaking countries

• Linguistic and cultural studies

Methodology

• Teacher explains the new language to students

• Teacher practises the language and develops skills in learners

• Teacher can prepare tests

• Teacher can manage the class

Personality

• Sense of humour

• Patient

• Communicative

Teacher‘s knowledge

• Language systems (students have the right to ask the ´Why-questions´!!);

• Materials and resources (monolingual learners´ dictionaries);

• Classroom equipment (language laboratory, data projectors, interactive whiteboard, blogs etc.);

• Keeping up-to-date (attending conferences and seminars for teachers, reading magazines, using websites, etc.);

Teacher‘s skills

• Manage classes ( equipment, grouping, starting/finishing activities, instructions, discipline)

• Match content, task and groups( planning, transformation)

• Interesting, appropriate levels, setting

• Monitor learning outcome - conclude activities, give feedback, prepare tests

Teacher‘s tasks

• Preparation (includes the knowledge we have of the subject + the skills of teaching);

• Keeping records of what we have taught, of how well things have gone - evaluating successful activities and outcomes;

• Being reliable about things like timetables and homework (´practise what you preach´ );

• Mind the TTT and the STT: Teacher-talking time and students-talking time;

Roles of a Teacher

• Within the classroom – the roles change from one stage of activity to another;

• The general role – facilitator – all the roles aim to facilitate the learner´s progress;

• Controller, organiser, assessor, prompter, participant, resource, tutor, observer

1. Controller

• In charge of the class and of the activity taking place

• Takes the roll, tells students things, practises drills, reads aloud, carries out the ´teacherfronted´ classroom;

• The role of controller works well with charismatic and knowledgeable teachers

• Negatives:

  • Little experiential learning

  • Cuts down on opportunities for the students to speak

  • Lack of variety in activities

  • Suitable for: announcements, order restored, giving explanations, answering questions

1. Assessor

• Indication of the students´ ´getting their English right´

• Offering feedback + correction, grading;

• Students need to know how and for what they are being assessed!

• Tell the students what success looks like so that they can measure themselves against this

• Be fair!

• Bad grade should be given with sensitivity and support.