TEFL Videos - TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Steffie

"This unit discusses and expands on the roles of a teacher and a learner alongside good qualities of each. There is a breakdown of the various levels that students fall in as language learners and an explanation of what this means. I've learned about the levels of language learning and exactly what might qualify a student to be in that level. I've also reconsidered various roles that a teacher engages in and what this might look like or be labelled as." In this unit, I learned about the types of teachers and learners in an ESL classroom. This unit discussed qualities that make a good teacher as well as what qualities make a successful ESL student. I found it interesting to learn about the different roles a teacher might take on during a lesson because it demonstrated that a teacher needs to be flexible in their role in accordance with the type of activity he or she initiated during a given class. In addition, in this unit, I learned about the differences between young and adult learners and their respective strong and weak qualities. Finally, this unit presented different levels of English proficiency and what characterizes them. "Unit 1 lists some of the qualities of what makes a good teacher. Showing both the personal aspects of a teacher like a love of teaching and being patient. And the qualities that learners require such as a solid knowledge of the subject matter and have an environment that is all inclusive. The unit also lists some qualities of a good learners, like a genuine desire to learn,the ability to ask questions and a willingness to experiment with the language. Also covered was the roles that a teacher must play or the 9 hats that must be worn in a classroom environment. Like being a tutor, organizer or model. The age groups of learners was also covered adults and the 3 groups of younger learners,post puberty, pre puberty and very young learners. As well as what learners themselves bring to the classroom some positive some potentially negative, like life experience, learning experience and behavioral problems. What I personally bring away from this unit is that a teacher must posses the knowledge of the needed skills they are required to bring to the classroom and the ability to understand what qualities will motivate each student to increase their fluency English to the best of their abilities. "