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7/28/2019 Teachers, Learners and Teaching in Esl Classrooms
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TEACHERS, LEARNERS
AND TEACHING IN ESLCLASSROOMS
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Characteristics of a Good Teacher:
make their lesson interesting so that students do not fallasleep
love their jobs, thus making the lesson interesting
show their true personalities
knowledgeable not only in subject-matter but also sharehis/her interests with the students
can amuse their students beside being serious abunt
teaching/learning
approachable, able to identify with students aspirationsand difficulties
able to correct students without being offensive
make attempts to know their students
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Interacting with students:
Brown (2001) has underlined 7 interactiveprinciples:
Automaticityfocus on meanings and messages
Intrinsic motivationcreate a relax atmospherefor students to interact
Strategic investmentsusing strategies that helpthem to negotiate meaning
Risk-taking Language-culture connection
Interlanguage
Communicative competence
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Characteristics of a Good
Language Learner:
learnersfind their own way and takecharge of their learning. They determinethe methods that are best for them as
individual learners. They learn formothers and experiment with differentmethods.
organize their studyof the language, andthey organize information about thelanguage they study.
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are creative. They understand that language
is creative. They experiment with the
language and play with grammar, words, andsounds.
make their own opportunities for practicing
the language inside and outside of the
classroom.
learn to live with uncertaintyby focusing on
the meaning of what they can understand, by
not getting flustered, and by continuing to
talk or listen without necessarily
understanding every word.
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use mnemonics and other memory
strategies to recall what they are learning.
make errors work for them and not againstthem.
use linguistic knowledge, including
knowledge of their first language, inlearning a second language.
use contextual clues to aid their
comprehension of the language. Theymaximize use of all potential contexts
around the language attended to for
enhancing comprehension.
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learn to make intelligent guesses.
learn chunks of language as wholes and formalizedroutines to help them perform
beyond their competence. For example, they
may learn idioms, proverbs, or other phrases
knowing what the whole
phrase means without necessarily
understanding each individual part.
learn certain tricks that keep conversations going.
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learn certain production techniques that also
fill in the gaps in their own competence.
learn different styles of speech or writing tolearn to vary their language according to the
formality of the situation.