Oswayo, Pennsylvania TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs

Good teachers are kind and engaging and know how to be sensitive to student's culture and fear of making mistakes. They know how to motivate their students and encourage them to express themselves. They know what role to take depending on the circumstance and what activity they're doing, be it controller in which they're standing in the front of the class, traditionally teaching, or monitoring, when their students are engaged in a group activity and the teacher needs to keep track of how they are progressing and who might need extra help. In the case that a student does need extra help, the teacher moves into a tutor role, in which the teaching is more one-on-one. Good learners are aware of their own style of learning, be it visual, oral, etc. They are good listeners and hard workers and willing to make mistakes and learn from them. Adult students are often more motivated than children, but they tend to be more nervous about making mistakes. Students are grouped according to the level of English they have thus far learned, from beginner to advanced. Beginners have little to no knowledge of English and are unable to express themselves. Advanced students are able to express themselves in decently nuanced ways on many subjects and make few mistakes, but they often feel frustrated and like they've hit a plateau. In this unit I've learned the distinctions of the roles of teachers, which has helped me feel like I'll know how and when to utilize these different roles when necessary.