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Role of the teacher (69) I chose the role of the teacher because I felt like it was one of the most important topics that should be discussed. The teacher needs to understand what is expected of them and do their best to meet the needs of the students. There are some teachers who might have the desire to teach, but do not know how to carry out their roles and responsibilities to themselves and their students. Then there are other teachers who know their duties and responsibilities but lack the enthusiasm and genuine love for the job. In order to be a successful teacher, not just an average teacher, it is important that the teacher understand his or her roles and know how to execute them successfully in the classroom. Each teacher is different and is going to have different teaching styles, but this shouldn't change the responsibilities the teacher has to the students. With time, patience, and hard work, teachers can learn to be comfortable in their roles meeting the needs of the students and being effective in the classroom. There are countless books and opinions about what the ‘roles' of the teacher should be, and here I will just mention a few that I feel are important to help meet the needs of the students. First a teacher needs to be an organizer. In order to be an effective organizer, the teacher needs to spend the proper amount of time in preparation. Organization of the materials, activities, presentations, handouts, grouping of students, instruction giving etc, is one of the key ingredients to successful teaching. Being organized will help not only boost the confidence level of the teacher but will also give the students' confidence in their teacher. In the ‘role' as assessor, the teacher is responsible for evaluating and correcting the students in their progression in the english language. The assessor role can be sometimes a challenging one because the teacher must be aware of when and how they should assess their students. During the study stage the teacher needs to correct the student (in a non threatening way) on grammar and pronunciation mistakes. However, during the activate stage, the teacher must allow the students to speak freely without interruption yet continue to monitor students' mistakes and struggles. Some important things for an assessor to remember are to correct the students during the appropriate stage, to be helpful, fair and consistent, and to be sensitive to the students' needs and feelings. When the teacher is in complete charge of class activities he or she acts as controller. The teacher controls what the students do, what they speak and when they speak. Naturally in presenting new material, e.g. a grammatical pattern, new vocabulary, a pronunciation item, etc., the teacher plays this role. In communicative activities, the teacher as controller is inappropriate. If the teacher rigidly controls all language to be used by the students, they can't have the opportunity to learn the language properly. The role as the controller should never be abused or overused. There are many other different roles which the teacher plays as demonstrated in lesson one of the reading materials, and teachers are not limited only to the ones mentioned above. The different roles the teacher plays are going to play a crucial part in the students' ability to learn and understand the english language well. A teacher must remember when choosing this profession that they have a responsibility to themselves and to the students to be the best they can be.
