the University of Kufa, College of Education, Dept. of English. the 2nd year students. Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Langauge. Meeting # 01, the self-developed language teacher. instructor: Haider Al-Mansury

1. 2nd Stage
ELT
Meeting # 01
Haider Al-Mansury
March, 20, 2020
The Self-Developed Language
Teacher

2. Beliefs on Teaching and Language
 He who has a why to live can bear almost any
how. -Nietzsche
 “…Teaching reflects the underlying beliefs of
time and place, from beliefs about education to
beliefs about language itself.” (Whong, 2011: 23)

3. Task
Think back to your own schooldays and the
teachers you had. Which ones did you
consider to be ‘good’ and which were ‘bad’?
Why? If you studied a language at school,
how did that teacher approach her lessons?
What was effective and not effective and
why? How did you learn? Was anything
lacking in your lessons? On the basis of
your previous answers, what do you think
constitutes an effective and popular teacher
of English to speakers of other languages?
Make a list of the most important qualities.

4. Basic Concepts
ESL
EFL
Teacher-centered class.
Student centered class.
Authenticity.

5. Key factors to Teacher Self-development
1- Time
2- Ongoing Commitment
3- Problem Solving
4- Exploration for exploration’s sake
5- Paying attention to and reviewing
the basics of EFL/ESL teaching.
6- Searching out chances to develop
7- Cooperation of others

6. Homework
Write 250 words addressing exer
cise # 02 from your textbook p.
11.

7. Works Cited
Whong, M., 2011. Language Teaching. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univer
sity Press.
Gebhard, J., 2006. Teaching English As A Foreign Or Second Langu
age. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Davies, Alan. A Glossary Of Applied Linguistics. 2016.