What makes a good teacher

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1、Whatmakesagoodteacher?InanattempttofindoutwhatweallthinkaboutteachersandteachingIrecentlyaskedavarietyofpeoplethequestion‘Whatmakesagoodteacher?’Iwasespeciallyinterestedtoseewhattheirinstantresponsewouldbesincethatmightthrowsomelightupondeeply-heldbeliefsaboutthisfundamentalpartofhumanexperien

2、ce.Manydifferentpeoplewereaskedthequestion,almostalwayswithatapemachinetheretorecordtheiranswers.TherewereteachersofEnglishintheUK,inSpainandfromFinland.Someoftherespondentswereteachertrainersandmethodologists.Last-butbynomeansleast-Iinterviewedstudentsofdifferentnationalitiesstudyingatprivate

3、languageschoolsinBritain,andsecondaryschoolstudentsstudyingataCambridgecomprehensiveschool.Thefollowinganswersarerepresentativeofthemanythatweregiven.lTheyshouldmaketheirlessonsinterestingsoyoudon’tfallasleepinthem.ThiswassaidbyanadultstudentataprivatelanguageschoolinEngland.lAteachermustloveh

4、erjob.Ifshereallyenjoysherjobthat’llmakethelessonsmoreinteresting.ThiswasalsosaidbyanadultstudentinEngland.Teacherswholookfeduporunhappywithwhattheyaredoingtenttohaveanegativeeffectontheirstudents.Whenyouobservegoodteachersyouwillnoticethat,evenwhen/iftheyarefeelingterrible(outsidetheclassroom

5、),theyputonagood‘teacher’sface’whentheyentertheclassroom.lIliketheteacherwhohashisownpersonalityanddoesn’thideitfromthestudentssothatheisnotonlyateacherbutapersonaswell-anditcomesthroughthelessons.Studentstendtobeinterestedintheirteachers-atleastatfirst.Theoneswhosharetheirpersonalitywiththeir

6、classesoftenhavebetterresultsthanthosewhodon’t.lIlikeateacherwhohaslotsofknowledge,notonlyofhissubject.Thepreoccupationwiththeteacher’spersonalityisreflectedheretoo:teachersshouldnotbeafraidtobringtheirowninterestsandlivesintotheclassroom(withinreason,ofcourse).lAgoodteacherisanentertainerandI

7、meanthatinapositivesense,notanegativesense.Studentsenjoybeingentertainedandamused.However,abalancehastobestruckbetweenentertainment(whichoftengivesteachersenjoyablefeedback)andteaching/learning.Sometimes,theformercanoverwhelmthelatter.A