Teachers With English As Second Lang
Teachers help ensure the future through their student's knowledge and comprehension of different aspects of the world. Without a good education, future generations will not excel in creating a better place to live in for all humanity. Communication is a key element in the student, teacher relationship. When there is bad communication between the two, problems may occur in the educational process. These problems may cause students to not understand the materials presented to them or maybe drop the class because they are so frustrated with it.
One problem that I haves occurred in my college experience is having teachers with English as a second language. It adds difficulty to learn the covered materials, when you have to decipher what the teacher is trying to say. The teacher might know everything about the subject, but because of the language barrier it's harder to get information across to the students. The language barrier works both ways; the teacher might not be able to understand what the student is trying to say, which may also lead to problems. With out comprehensive communication the student and teacher might have a bad learning experience all together.
Selection process
U of M Dearborn has a hiring process of all teachers, that want to become professors or teaching assistants. In this process there are no English exams that test their ability to communicate easily and freely with students. Even though the teachers have to take an English test to even get their degree, that test is mostly base on their understanding of basic aspects of the English language. The main objective of the school should be the education of its students. So teachers should be able to communicate with their students on an easy everyday bases.
The U of M Dearborn has application that teacher have to submit and go through includes a trial lecture, that takes place in front of their fellow colleagues of that subject. The lecture is very...
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