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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > Good Teachers
Good Teachers
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nasreddine Sarsar
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Good Teachers
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. The teacher has to be an actor on stage. Your students are your sole audience. However, you should not be the main focus of the lesson, just like the actor in a theatre is. You should instead make your audience the focus of your acting. In other words, the focus of your teaching. What do you think????
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23 May 2014
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cunliffe
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Now, let me think, nasreddine Sarsar - are you saying make your students the focus of your teaching??? As opposed to the plant in the corner, say?  |
23 May 2014
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Doot
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I am not sure what age group you are considering with this comparison but my experiences have been with students 5- 19 and I don �t quite agree. Most students are not happy with teachers who are unprepared so I would think 25% would probably not do it. I myself have had some of my best classes "winging" it but that was luck and wouldn �t get me far if I taught like that daily. I find engaging students, making them feel successful, making them want to learn, and making them feel like they are important in this world is what makes a good teacher. We all have our acting days - troubles in our personal lives that not everyone needs to know but otherwise, I am pretty open and honest with my students and I like to know who they are and I again let them know me. Just my thoughts....
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23 May 2014
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nasreddine Sarsar
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Yes cunliffe. The students should be the focus of the teaching-learning process!
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23 May 2014
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