Qualities of being a good English Teacher
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QUALITIES AND ROLE OF AN ENGLISH TEACHER
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Since the role of English as a language of international communication has been widespread quickly in educational systems around the world, teaching of English as a second or foreign language has become an increasingly significant task (Richards, 2001). Therefore, many countries in the globe have been working hard to ensure their citizens’ adequate English proficiency, which is necessary for their social economic development. To reach their goals, English has been included as a relatively important subject in each country’s national academic curriculum. As a part of educational development, effective and qualified teachers are really significant in improving students’ academic performance and educational system (Shishavan & Sadeghi, 2009).
An effective teacher should have some fundamental characteristics such as knowledge of subject matter, enough preparation, teaching experiences, teaching methodologies, flexibilities, communicative skills, creativity , high anticipation, self-assurance, and sense of belonging (Adams
& Pierce, 2006 ; Thompson, Greer & Greer, 2004 ; Mohrdin, Jaidi, Sang, Osman, 2009).
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In 2009, Shishavan and Sadeghi conducted a study on the characteristics of effective English language teachers as perceived by teachers and learners. They found that effective English language teachers should give homework; prepare lessons; be up to date, self-controlled and adjustable; think about the students’ needs ; have positive feeling toward students; being smart and creative; and apply a variety of teaching methods. According to Brosh’s study (as cited in Shishavan & Sadeghi
2009), the qualities of good teachers can be identified such as being aware of knowledge of the target language; ability of organizing, explaining and clarifying as well as keeping the students’ interest and motivation; showing equality to students; and being accessible to students. Even though most of research has been done on the important
QUALITIES AND ROLE OF AN ENGLISH TEACHER
"
Since the role of English as a language of international communication has been widespread quickly in educational systems around the world, teaching of English as a second or foreign language has become an increasingly significant task (Richards, 2001). Therefore, many countries in the globe have been working hard to ensure their citizens’ adequate English proficiency, which is necessary for their social economic development. To reach their goals, English has been included as a relatively important subject in each country’s national academic curriculum. As a part of educational development, effective and qualified teachers are really significant in improving students’ academic performance and educational system (Shishavan & Sadeghi, 2009).
An effective teacher should have some fundamental characteristics such as knowledge of subject matter, enough preparation, teaching experiences, teaching methodologies, flexibilities, communicative skills, creativity , high anticipation, self-assurance, and sense of belonging (Adams
& Pierce, 2006 ; Thompson, Greer & Greer, 2004 ; Mohrdin, Jaidi, Sang, Osman, 2009).
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In 2009, Shishavan and Sadeghi conducted a study on the characteristics of effective English language teachers as perceived by teachers and learners. They found that effective English language teachers should give homework; prepare lessons; be up to date, self-controlled and adjustable; think about the students’ needs ; have positive feeling toward students; being smart and creative; and apply a variety of teaching methods. According to Brosh’s study (as cited in Shishavan & Sadeghi
2009), the qualities of good teachers can be identified such as being aware of knowledge of the target language; ability of organizing, explaining and clarifying as well as keeping the students’ interest and motivation; showing equality to students; and being accessible to students. Even though most of research has been done on the important
References: Brosh, H. (1996). Perceived characteristics of the effective language teacher. Foreign Language Annals, 29, 125-138. Mohidim, R., Jaidi, J., Sang,T.L. , & Osmen, Z. (2009). Effective teaching methods and lecturers characteristics: European Journal of Social Sciences Richards, J.C. (2001). Curriculum Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press Vira, N. (2002). Teaching English in Cambodian secondary schools: With a special focus on teachers’ preferences towards the improvement of their professional careers in language teaching.