The Color Purple By Alice Walker

THE SHAPE OF THE LANGUAGE TEACHER
© Costas Gabrielatos, 1998-2002

This is a summary of my paper abandoned at the 36th International Annual IATEFL Conference, University of York, 25 ring 2002.
It was originally published in Pulverness, A. (ed.) 2002. IATEFL 2002: York Conference Selections. IATEFL Publications (pp. 75-78).
Here I have restored the references and bibliography, which were omitted from the printed version.

Introduction

There are deuce broad views on what determines the effectiveness of a row instructor. One focuses on teachers language and methodological acquaintance/skills (e.g. Rivers, 1972; Shulman, 1994; Woods, 1996). The other concentrates on spirit, for example teachers intelligence, self-awareness, and plangency (e.g. Bridges, 1993; Prodromou, 1998; Ur, 1997).

Here I present a framework which:
Reconciles the two views, giving equal weight to all elements: language experience/skills, methodological knowledge/skills and personality.
Proposes a way to visualise their interrelations.
Takes into tale research findings which indicate that teachers practices are mostly influenced by their indication of methodological frameworks (e.g. Karavas-Doukas, 1996; Roberts, 1998; Ulichny, 1996; Woods, 1996).





Elements
Julian Edge (2002) proposed the term person-who-teaches to stress the personality factor. I have expanded the term into person-who-teaches-language. Each sound out points towards an indispensable element in a language teachers profile (Fig. 1).

PERSONTEACHESLANGUAGE
òòò
PersonalityMethodology:
knowledge and skillsLanguage:
knowledge and use
Figure 1

In the following tables I outline the key aspects of each element (adapted from Gabrielatos, 1999, 2000, 2001).

Personality
Self-awareness.
Interpersonal skills.
powerfulness to observe, think critically and use experience.
Sensitivity to context.Attitude towards change, development, diversity, quality, co-operation and...If you exigency to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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