Saturday, February 16, 2013

Qualities of a Good Language Teacher

There are several qualities that a good language teacher must have. To pass on knowledge to students, a teacher must be competent with the knowledge that she has.
Secondly, a teacher must be willing to explore other types of learning styles to pass on knowledge and be ready to try different methods when one does not work. A good language teacher must be passionate about teaching language. Finally, a good language teacher should be able to assess the learning that her students have done and make changes based on those assessments.
Competent

    • A good language teacher must be competent. This requires a lot of study on the part of the teacher. If you are a foreign language teacher, you must have mastered the language you are teaching and the skills it takes to teach that language. As an English language teacher, you need to have a handle on the elements of English as well as having a background in education.

    Exploratory

    • A good language teacher realizes there are several different learning methods. Some learn by hearing, some by seeing and some by speaking. Therefore, a good teacher will create a course that weaves together all of the various learning techniques. A good teacher is also willing to explore the different ways of teaching language, even the experimental ones, to provide her students with the best chance to learn.

    Passion

    • People do not teach for money or fame. People teach because they have a passion for their chosen subject and for passing on their knowledge to students. A passion for teaching is an important part of the teaching process.

    Assessment

    • A good language teacher is not only skilled at creating assessments for her class, but she can also use those assessments to figure out how successful her teaching methods are. The teacher who understands some things work better than others and some things do not work at all will be able to make changes in her own teaching methods.

    Benefits

    • A good language teacher is going to be a benefit to her students because she will provide them with a path to knowledge. A teacher who is good at her job will guide a student toward the most comprehensive understanding of which he or she is capable.



IN MY OPINION:

This article is about the quality that a language teacher should have. All of these qualities are true, may not be the same are the ones that we studied in the book but these are important, too.
In my opinion a language teacher or any teacher in general has to have passion for his career. It’s not just about the money you can earn, it’s about the passion and dedication that you will put in order to become successful.

All these qualities you can earn them through the years and the experience will provide you with new techniques and you are going to be able change your methods of teaching.

1 comment:

  1. Dear Victor
    We have to learn many things everyday and by reading, experimenting, reflecting, and discussing we can learn a lot. We all have to keep in mind the ideas posted in your blog. Thanks for having includedthe references.

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