TEACHERS' ROLES
Teachers serve many roles to manage the class and allow students to acquire the knowledge and apply to their lives. Here, you are going to read some roles teachers adop during a class and a short description.
Role | Teachers |
Planner | Prepare lesson plan |
Manager | Set space, routines and rules |
Monitor/Observer | Check learning and provide supporting |
Facilitador | Access resources for autonomy learning |
Diagnostication | Determine learner’s difficulties |
Language resource | Help about language |
Assessor | Evaluate language |
Rapport | Good class environment |
Each role is adopted to develop an activity on the different stages in the classroom. For example, whe a teacher is a planner, he/she prepare a lesson plan before the class.
Reference:
Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The TKT Course Modules 1, 2 and 3. Cambridge ESOL.
