Describing Learners and Teachers

1. What is the perfect age to learn a language?

• Children that are under 8 years old.

• adolescents make more progress than young learners; so they have more facilities to learn a language

• Adults are able to learn grammar rules and pronunciation accurately.

What is the best way to teach a language to Young children?

• To use abstract thought, and matching exercises.

• to use activities built around dialogues, question and answer activities.

• use different creative or puzzle-like activities and a bright environment for example: making things, drawing things, games, physical movement, and songs

What to do about individual differences when teaching a language?

• We, as teachers, do not have to make any difference in our students, and treat all the same.

• We need to identify the type of students we have according to the Individual variations, using observations and questionnaires.

• We have to carry out standard exams and make the difference according to the results.

How does a teacher motivate his/her students to learn a language?

• A teacher must build the motivation angel on five distinct stages and apply them in the classroom: Affect, achievement, attitude, activities and agency.

• A teacher must correct students in every single opportunity to help them learn new structures.

• A teacher must use different strategies that only he or she is able to choose according to students' needs.

The role of a teacher as controller.

• They have to be helpful and available for students, but at the same time they have to resist the urge to spoon-feed their students so that they become over reliant on teachers.

• They have to take part into every activity.

• They encourage the students to think creatively rather than have them hang on their every word.

• They are in charge of the class and the activities taking place.

• It is a combination of prompter and resource

The role of a teacher as prompter.

• They have to be helpful and available for students, but at the same time they have to resist the urge to spoon-feed their students so that they become over reliant on teachers.

• They have to take part into every activity.

• They encourage the students to think creatively rather than have them hang on their every word.

• They are in charge of the class and the activities taking place.

• It is a combination of prompter and resource

The role of a teacher as resource.

• They have to be helpful and available for students, but at the same time they have to resist the urge to spoon-feed their students so that they become over reliant on teachers.

• They have to take part into every activity.

• They encourage the students to think creatively rather than have them hang on their every word.

• They are in charge of the class and the activities taking place.

• It is a combination of prompter and resource

The role of a teacher as tutor.

• They have to be helpful and available for students, but at the same time they have to resist the urge to spoon-feed their students so that they become over reliant on teachers.

• They have to take part into every activity.

• They encourage the students to think creatively rather than have them hang on their every word.

• They are in charge of the class and the activities taking place.

• It is a combination of prompter and resource

Efficiently, clearly, supportively

• How the teacher should perform in a Whole-class listening activity.

• How the teacher should perform in a Teacher reading aloud activity

• How the teacher should perform in a Role-Play

• How the teacher should perform in a Team game

Commandingly, dramatically, interestingly

• How the teacher should perform in a Whole-class listening activity.

• How the teacher should perform in a Teacher reading aloud activity

• How the teacher should perform in a Role-Play

• How the teacher should perform in a Team game