What makes a good English teacher.pptVIP

What makes a good English teacher?  云南师范大学 杨涛 Outline Why the topic? Qualities of a good English teacher Reflective teaching Action research: What, why and how? Teaching and research: rivals or friends? 1. Why the topic To meet the needs of the audience. To share with you some recent research findings from projects led by professors at the National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education based in Shida 2. Qualities of good English teachers Is it possible to define the qualities of good English teachers? What have been written or found? Is it possible to define the qualities of good English teachers? “Good teaching isn’t about technique”. Good teachers are “people who have some sort of connective capacity, who connect themselves to their students, their students to each other, and everyone to the subject being studied”. (Palmer, 1999, p. 27) What have been written or found? (1) Good teachers have a sense of purpose, have expectations of success for all students, tolerate ambiguity, demonstrate a willingness to adapt and change to meet student needs, are comfortable with not knowing, reflect on their work, learn from a variety of models,  enjoy their work and their students.  (Marie F. Hassett, 2000) Student-centred What have been written or found? (2) Wu’s study (2005) Four dimensions for the qualities of good English teachers in Chinese universities: professional capacity for TEFL; professional outlook and professional ethics; conception of foreign language teaching; learning and professional development. For 78.4% of the participants, “reflective teaching” is the most important means of self-development. 3. Reflective teaching  What is “reflective teaching”? Five dimensions of reflective teaching What is “reflective teaching”? Reflection is “active, persistent and careful consideration of any belief or practice in light of the reasons that support it and the further consequences to which