Lesson 2 The Changing Role of the Teacher.pptx
- 3. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
- 4. How you dress How your desk looks How the classroom looks That you smile
- 5. Role A. A manager B. A monitor C. An informer D. A diagnostician E. An involver F. A planner Descriptions of the teacher’s roles 1 He is ___________ when he encourages all the students to participate in the activities. 2 She is _______________ when she goes around the class and aids the students when they are working on their activities. 3 He is ____________ when he presents new language to his students. 4 Before the lesson, he is _____________ when he thinks about and prepares what he will teach. 5 She is ________________ when she organises pair-work activities or group work.
- 6. A teacher has the job of managing the activities and the students in the classroom in different ways while a lesson is in progress. Therefore, he/she must act in various ways at different stages of the lesson. These different kinds of behaviour are known as ‘teacher roles’.
- 7. “The effective teacher establishes good control of the class in the very first week of study. Control does not involve threats or intimidations. Control means that you know 1. what you are doing 2. your classroom procedures 3. your professional responsibilities
- 8. Put the teacher` s roles with the right definitions: Planner, Informer, Manager, Monitor, Involver, Parent/Friend, Diagnostician, Resource
- 9. ………Prepares and thinks through the lesson in detail before teaching it so that it has variety and there are appropriate activities for the different learners in the class. ………Gives the students detailed information about the language or about an activity. ………Organises the learning space, makes sure everything in the classroom is running smoothly and sets up rules and routines (i.e. things which are done regularly) for behaviour. …….. Goes around the class during individual, pair and group work activities, checking learning ……. Makes sure all the students are taking part in the activities. …….. Comforts students when they are upset or unhappy ………Is able to recognise the cause of students’ difficulties. …….. Can be used by the students for help and advice.
- 10. Teachers usually use certain roles at certain stages of a lesson. For example, teachers are planners before the lesson and then monitors during a group work/pair work activities.At times, they take on multiple roles at once.There are different names for different teacher roles. The ones in the table are very common names.
- 11. Before lesson During lesson After lesson *The teacher is the planner of materials to ensure that the lesson is appropriate for the students and the learning purpose. *When taking into consideration how successful the lesson was, what the students understood and were able to do and what they had issues with, the teacher is the diagnostician and planner.Teachers look at their scheme of work to check whether or not the next lesson is properly and suitably planned. *The teacher is also a diagnostician of her/his students’ problems.
- 12. *When new language or new vocabulary is being presented to the students, the teacher takes on the role of an informer. *When setting up activities, the teacher takes on the role of manager. *While students are doing activities, the teacher becomes the monitor, diagnostician, manager and a resource. *Where there are disciplinary issues, the teacher becomes the manager and in some cases a parent or a friend.
- 13. When teaching different age groups you’ll realize the importance of being able to relate to what is going on in your students’ worlds. You begin to look back at when you were their age and wonder what appealed to you, and if it will still resonate with them today.
- 14. Anyone who has taught kindergarten knows how much energy the students have. It is a full lesson of go, go, go. As cute as the kids are, if your lesson is not jam-packed with active, high- energy games, you’re going to lose them. In order to keep the students active and entertained as well as get the target language across, you will need to be innovative.This age group responds very well to songs, colorful images and movement
- 15. Elementary students still have a ton of energy, but tend to be more focused than kindergartens.These students are now at school in structured classrooms with lessons, as opposed to the kindergarteners whose day is made up of playing indoors and outdoors.The elementary students are at a stage where they are slowly beginning to think for themselves and many of them think they already know it all.At this age role-playing is effective
- 16. Don’t let the junior age group make you think it is easier to teach older students. It’s not.Teaching this age group has its own challenges. Being a teenager is not an easy task, and with so much changes going on in their lives and their bodies, their confidence is up and down.You will find that your juniors have begun to care about other people’s opinions and how they are seen by others, so make sure activities are comfortable. The best way to make this lessons for juniors work is to make them relatable. Not only can you make use of the students’ interests, also make use of popular media channels they use.
- 17. Many new teachers are afraid of teaching adult classes as most of the time you will be teaching someone older and more experienced than you. Don’t let this bother you. Remember they have come to learn a skill from you and they are feeling just as insecure for being taught by someone younger. Due to this dynamic, make the classroom a neutral place. You will need to have a different attitude to this class as they are not children you need to discipline. Have the classroom environment feel more like a meet up of friends, a place to learn from each other and help each other out.