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Personal qualities are personal characteristics of individuals and make up their personality. Personality helps you to get along in a new situation. Individuals who know their personal qualities and talents well, will be able to do right choices for their life. Right choice of job will help you to have fun, be happy, productive and successful in your career life. These will affect your communication with others, social life, reduce your stress, even affect your health. So your choice will determine to do conscription or doing love. To be a teacher you have to build positive relationships because your community area is human so you should be aware of being a role model and also hang out young, follow current music tasks, and fashion. You should have a deep sense of cultural awareness. Be obvious to learning new skills, preparation and organisation skills about meaningful tasks that allow using the language. If you are aware of your personal qualities and decide to be a teacher you should now be aware of your interests. Are you interested in other cultures? Do you like humans from different cultures? Do you like learning and using other languages? Are you open for learning and innovation skills? Do you prefer teamwork? Firstly, an English teacher should know how culture shape and how they act and behave. Cultural awareness is to perceive the differences between their own nationalities and people from other nationalities, attitudes and values. To be able to teach a language you should first understand the culture. If you have opportunity you should visit and meet other cultures, research and experience them. You have to experience and feel the culture. Take part in their class and observe their values. Maybe not everyone can visit other countries but we are on technological era. You can take part in online resources, watch videos or read current writings from blogs. English teachers should have an active relationship with their colleagues from other countries. Few of the aims are information exchange, social works and intercultural activities. Another thing is that, english lessons are usually active and communicational so an English teacher should always improve interpersonal communication skills to be successful and gain the positive energy with students. A teacher should be aware of responsibilities, be careful about self management because the way you control your emotions and solve problems will affect your relationship. Communication is not only talking, don’t forget to listen to your students. Questioning is also a good method to contact a students. Try to attend to seminars and read books about interpersonal communication skills, after carry out what you have learned. When creativity, communication and collaboration come together successful, enjoyable and productive education will follow. In other words, listen to others, think creative, develop ideas later use them in your lessons and don’t forget to share. As an example even when teaching grammer first use sentence don’t give chart. Make the students think critical and solve problem. An English teacher should be innovator, open to new perspectives, apply critical thinking and problem solving. An English teacher should also do brainstorming with students because in a class there are student and teacher so combining your lesson plan with student interest and fun will be moments with pleasure. Awareness of students needs, teacher will have a successful classroom management. An English teacher should follow students field of interest to be close and follow what they are talking about, to be able to have an common sharing. Moreover, you can read the books they are reading, watch the same movies, listen to the popular songs among your students. In conlcusion, the main personal qualities for English teachers are to be sensitive and curious about other cultures and choose appropriate communication channels because you will be in touch with colleagues worldwide and also teach students about a second foreign language. You should get the responsibility to be role model for students so be a good leader. Another key thing to remember is that follow students interest and stay up to date. Improve always your teaching skills and classroom management.
