Beech Creek, Pennsylvania TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs

A teacher will have to play different roles in the class room, each role has some consideration to take care of. I will try to summarize it below: Manager or controller: T-S in front talking clearly and Organizer: giving instructions, grouping students, initiating activities, and giving feedback Assessor: fair and consistent, sensitive to student reaction and supportive. Prompter: when students loose the thread of what they are doing, a teacher should decide if he will encourage and push or will leave them to do it on their own Participant: to share as if a student, but should not dominate or attract the attention Tutor: more personal role, usually when students are doing individual activity. Take care not to intrude too much. Resource or facilitator: be helpful and available but not to spoon feed Model: A teacher should model pronunciation to his/her students Observer or monitor: during observation, keep a distance to avoid student distraction About learners: very important factors are: Willingness to listen and ask questions Desire to live the new language and learn Acceptance of correction Age: post puberty are most difficult Pre-puberty are more receptive The very young, below 7 learn easier but more distracted with short span of attention. Some factors that can affect the learning process: Learning experience: adult frequently have negative impression or frustration Motivation: adults make their own decision to learn while young learners are usually pushed. Nervousness: adults are usually more nervous Language awareness is more found in adults Behavior problems: Usually adults are easier to lead with longer attention span Life experience will allow or interesting discussions in class.