This document discusses the roles and characteristics of effective teachers. It begins with a Japanese proverb about how one day with a great teacher is better than 1,000 days of study alone. The document then explores metaphors that could represent the teacher-student relationship. It lists potential roles for teachers, such as facilitator, diagnostician, and provider. Key characteristics of good teachers are also outlined, including having cultural background knowledge, using different teaching methods, and encouraging students. The document concludes by discussing beliefs about learners and characteristics students should possess to be good language learners.

1.  “Better than a thousand days of
diligent study is one day with a
great teacher”
Japanese proverb

2. METAPHOR ACTIVITY
What metaphor (figure speech) or symbol
would you give to the teacher and student
roles?

3. Procedure:
• You will each receive a posible metaphor
• Do you agree or disagree?
• How would you compare it to what a
teacher does?
• What’s the teacher and student’s role in
accordance?

4. -Plane flying around
-Encyclopedia
-Bunch of toys
-Butterfly
-Spaceship
-Mirror
-Cookbook
-Balloon
-Engine
-Baton
-Thundercloud
-Toolbox

5. Teacher’s Roles
facilitator
diagnostician
provider
researcher
co-
communicatorplanner
mediator
observer

6.  Cultural background
 Master all of the skills of L2
 Be able to communicate in L2
 Good empathy (empathetic)
 Use different methods and
techniques
 Deal with Ss’ interests – Meaningful
 Prize Ss – Encourage
 Open minded
 Good personality and character
Main characteristics

7. More characteristics
 Love your job
 Don’t forget the small things
 Look for a project
 Come up with ideas
 Have some training
 Do your job well
 Take a few moments to reflect

8. BELIEFS ABOUT THE
LEARNERS
♣ Learn by doing
♣ Learning involves the whole person
♣ New knowledge is based on prior
knowledge
♣ Do not behave in exactly the same
way

9. BELIEFS ABOUT THE
LEARNERS
♣ Factors influencing learners are of various
types.
♣ Different types of learners

10. WHAT SHOULD ENGLISH
TEACHERS DO?
♦ Create a comfortable environment
♦ Considere all the aspects of humanity
♦ Inform yourself about your learners.
♦ Help them to discover what their positive
characteristics are.

11. ♦ WHICH ARE SOME BASIC
CHARACTERISTICS A LEARNER
SHOULD HAVE?

12.  Cooperate with your team members to
make a list of 10 suggestions to be a good
language learner, present it in a poster to
be display in the classroom. The speaker
of each team will expand explanation of
the reasons in a feedback session with the
whole class.

13.  Discuss and find and answer to the following
questions:
 A good characteristic of a student is to develop
independent study. Would it be possible for you?
How, what will you do to get it?
 Do you think the idea of bringing the outside life
of students into classroom (family, likes, worries,
etc.) is okay? How can this be done?

14.  Build a mind map summarizing the main
ideas about Teachers and ‘Learners’.
Display your poster on the classroom walls
for other students to see, compare and
learn.