Role of Lg Teacher (2)

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Yogendra

Chapagain Sanne,1 Dhankuta

Abstract Mr. Chapagain has attempted to explore the concept ofrole of

language teachers in the post method situation through this article, by the

help of following eight questions:

1 who are the teachers?

2 what does the term role denote?

3 what does the termpost method situation mean?4 what are the roles of language teacher according to different methods?

5 what are the roles of language teacher according to different scholars?

6 what is the present scenario of classroom situation?

7 what are the factors of present context should teacher take into account?

8 what are the roles of language teacher according to writer?

A traditional etymology of the word guru (teacher) is based on the interplay

between darkness and light. The guru (teacher) is seen as the one who dispels the

darkness of ignorance. In other words, the word guru (teacher) has two syllables i.e. gu

and ru. Former syllable refers to shadows and later one means he/she who disperse

them. In short, the syllables- gu and ru stand for darkness and light respectively. Here,

teachers, simply refer to those persons who teach the students/learners/novices in the

classroom. So, we can define the term teachers as any persons who involved in teaching

profession.

The concept of role has become very popular in learning context, and is a term

in common usage to denote the functions that teachers perform during the course of a

lesson in the context of language learning and teaching.

Post method situation, generally refers to the a pedagogical situation which

focuses on three things i) pedagogy gives emphasis on key concept of local context or

situational understanding or context sensitive issues ii) Teachers construct their owncontext sensitive pedagogical knowledge and practice through their reflection and action

research ii) pedagogy adopts the socio-political and socio-cultural features of the second

language learners. In other words, the term post method situation refers to the critical

pedagogical situation not mainstream/traditional pedagogical situation. Critical

pedagogical situation refers to the situation of learning in which following things are

emphasized;


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-language learning as a personal activity not a detached activity-language learning as a situated process not a transcendental process

-language learning as a cultural process not a universal process

-knowledge is negotiated not pre-constructed

CPS, clearly means a situation of teaching and learning in which justice, equality,personal liberation, self regulation and critical understanding of different forms of

culture, ideology, political views that are found in the classroom are, emphasized.

Many methods have come and gone in the last 100 years in the pursuit of the best

method like GT, Direct, Structural, Reading, Audio-lingual, Situational, Communicative

method and so on .However, none has finally achieved overwhelmingly better results in

the sense that they ignored the cultures of the local learners or multicultural education. I

also agree the view that single method cannot address the classroom reality. In this

context, culture does not refer to social, artistic, intellectual traditions associated with a

particular social, ethnic or national group but refers to the understanding and practices

that are shared within groups of people. In this regards, I would like to summarize the

roles of language teachers according to different methods especially GT to

Communicative method.

According to GT MethodTeacher as the source of knowledge and authority

Teacher as dominating personality

According to Direct MethodTeacher as director

Teacher as partner of the students

C) According to Audio-lingual MethodTeacher as orchestra leader

Teacher as director

Teacher as controller

Teacher as monitor

Teacher as guide

D) According to OSS Approach

Teacher as model

Teacher as conductor

Teacher as controller/ manipulator

E) According to Communicative Approach

Teacher as facilitator

Teacher as counselor

Teacher as organizer

Teacher as manager

Teacher as co-communicator

Teacher as guide


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On the basis of this summary, we can say that traditional pedagogy did not take teachers

as transformative intellectual but they only take teachers as passive technicians.

Different scholars have presented various roles of language teachers that they perform

in the classroom situations. For instance,

Hedge ,T(2008) Harmer , J(2008) Karavas , Dukas(1995)

Kumaravadievelu

(2003)Planner Controller Observer Passive technicianManager Assessor Manager Reflective practitionerCo-communicator Organizer Participant Transformative

intellectualMonitor Prompter FacilitatorInstructor Resource person AssessorAnd so on Participant and so on Social worker and so

on

In the present era, every classroom becomes culturally diverse and teaching in

such situation is of course challenging. Similarly many teachers are extremely worried

about the fact they have students in their classes who are at different levels of

proficiency. More clearly, to this day, each classroom site is increasingly becoming

diverse in terms of language, race, gender, social background, cultural background,

personal related factors and so on. Teaching in such diverse site providing equal access

in materials resources and opportunities in education and gaining success of all

students is really challenging. Likewise, it also tries to search different ways of

teaching that offers greater possibilities to people of color, ethnic, minorities, working

class students women, people who live in poverty, minority language speakers and soon, not only for their better chance of success in education but also in society. Thats

why; pedagogy should raise awareness about different forms of dominations and

oppression on the part of students and help them to be become active agent for

change. This present scenario gives some insights to the language teachers to play

different roles in the language teaching and learning.

Likewise, language teachers should take into account various factors related to

learning context. For example, h/she should consider the social factors, educational

factors, cultural factors, learners factors, teachers factors as well. Under social factors,

h/she need to be careful about several sub- factors i.e. social attitudes, exposure, and

so on. Similarly, h/she should take into account several sub-factors i.e. class size,

resources available in the classroom, relationship between materials and examination,

and so on under the educational factors. Teachers should also take into account several

learners related issues i.e. age, motivation, attitudes, and aptitude under learners

factors. Likewise, h/she should take into account various professional issues under the


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teachers factors. This explanation also indicates that teachers should play various

active roles in the classroom situations.

Finally, I would like to wrap up this article with providing different roles of language

teachers that should be performed in the post method situation in my point of view.

a) Teacher as a reflective practitioner (h/she should involve in reflective -in-action

and on action)

b) Teacher as a ethnographer (h/she should carry out ethnographic research to

address the cultural issues in the learning or acquisition process)

c)Teacher as a action researcher(h/she should carry out an action research to bring

change in the classroom practices or improve classroom practices)

d) Teacher as a transformative intellectual (h/she should play the significant role

for transformation of the schooling and society by

-involving students themselves to raise opposition voices

- raising the critical awareness on the part of students

-seeking critical classroom practices- creating and adapting materials for critical pedagogy

e) Teacher as a cultural diplomat (h/she should give equal emphasis on all the

cultures that his or her students have in the classroom. He /She should not impose his

or her culture on the students but appreciate and promotes all the cultures that his or

her students have)

f) Teacher as a active social agent(h/she should play significant role in changing the

societys beliefs, values, ideologies, behaviours, cultures, custom and so on. He/she

should involve in raising the critical awareness on the part of learners who are being

deprived in their rights and others. He/she should involve in those activities / tasks/

projects which focus on the personal liberation, justice, self actualization and equality.

g) Teacher as a manager, organizer, director, facilitator (h/she should manage,

organize, facilitate learning situation or activities very tactfully and carefully.

h) Teacher as an active technician (h/she should involve in the process of curriculum

development, syllabus designing, course development, materials development and so

on.

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