Teahing Skills Ib Classroom Management
Ⅰ. Introduction
The pupils (young learners) market continues to grow a decade of changing attitudes towards this sector of teaching. The teacher is now viewed as a highly-skilled professional who has the knowledge, skills, flexibility and sensitivities of a teacher both of the pupils (children) and of language, and one who is able to balance and combine the two successfully(Gail Ellis). In this sense, to be a qualified teacher of English for pupils requires not only the excellent language ability and well-master of linguistics, but also the attractive personality and skills of effective classroom management.
II . Personality and Skills
A . Personality of a qualified teacher
Considering the special traits of pupils which are different from teenagers and adults, it is important for the teacher to be responsible, knowledgeable, versatile and creative. Plus, they should be passionate, willing to share with the pupils and love them. Being responsible and keep passionate, so that the pupils will be influenced by the teacher’s enthusiastic actions and have positive mood in the class. Being versatile and creative, the teacher may be able to make the classroom teaching enjoyable by singing, dancing or other interesting ideas in designing the lesson.
In the observing the teaching of English for pupils in a training centre (average age: 7-8), it was impressive that both the pupils and the teacher were so happy and exciting in the class. It was hard to tell who was teaching and who was learning like in the traditional classroom teaching. In a harmonious atmosphere, the learning process occurred unconsciously to pupils. What’s more, the pupils who like the teacher were incredibly active in doing the activities. Some pupils saw the teacher as “pop star” or idol, who is an excellent singer or dancer in the class. Some pupils had made friends with the teacher who had get along with them for a...
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