TEFL Chapter 1- Role Of The Teacher
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What family does English belong to? - ANSWER✔✔Indo-European (Porto-Indo-
European language tree)
English as a global language - ANSWER✔✔350-400 million native speakers
English is... - ANSWER✔✔Global lingua Franca—>common language for print,
education, business
English is... - ANSWER✔✔Official language in 67 countries and 27 non-
sovereign entities; official language of UN. EU, OPEC, NATO
English is... - ANSWER✔✔80% of the information stored on world's computers
Compared to other languages - ANSWER✔✔Chinese, Hindi, & Spanish speakers
are on top, BUT combine both native and second language speakers, English is on
top at 1500-1800 million speakers worldwide
English was influenced by... - ANSWER✔✔Predominantly by Latin & French,
Spanish
Effective Teacher - ANSWER✔✔Encourage habits that lead to lifelong learning
, Effective Teacher - ANSWER✔✔Leaders of people and help learners construct
knowledge
Effective Teacher - ANSWER✔✔Convince/encourage them that participation in
class activities and assignments helps them
Effective Teacher - ANSWER✔✔Persuade them daily to try something new
Effective Teacher - ANSWER✔✔Toe the line and be a respectful mentor for
students to admire and emulate
Define Teaching - ANSWER✔✔24/7; I am always a teacher wherever I go
Teaching is... - ANSWER✔✔A career about my students and being a role model,
making them experts, ever-changing, becoming better at my profession, being a
Pilar of community, being respected for integrity in the way I care and desire to
help them succeed.
Teaching is NOT... - ANSWER✔✔A job about me, or about being their friend,
about me being the expert, not changing, individualistic/separated from my
community, and about being popular.
Qualities of a Good Teacher - ANSWER✔✔Discern between process and product
Product (educational context) - ANSWER✔✔End results of teaching-> the work
that is created and scores/grades given to students
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