Activity 1. Here are some examples of teacher language at different stages of a lesson. What do you the
teacher's role in each one?
1 Teacher to a pair of learners doing pairwork: 'How are you doing? Is everything OK?'
2 Teacher to die whole class: 'We add er to make the comparative form of one-syllable adjectives.'
3 Teacher to a young learner: 'Does your finger hurt? Let me have a look.'
4 Teacher to the whole class: 'Right, everyone stand up and turn to face your partner.'
5 Teacher to the whole class: 'I think I know why you are having problems.'
one extra option which you do not need to use.
Roles
A. an informer В. a monitor С. a diagnostician D.an involver E. a planner F.a manager
Descriptions of the teacher's roles
1 Before the lesson, she is...... when she thinks about and prepares what she is going to teach.
2 She is............ when she presents new language to learners.
3 She is............ when she organises group work or pairwork activities.
4 She is.............when she goes around the class and helps learners when they are working on activities.
5 She is............. when she encourages all the learners to take part in the activities.
Activity 3. Circle the 3 most important roles of English language teachers and explain why you chose them.
a. They are the primary source of language and language learning.
b. They act as a model for presenting structures and grammatical rules.
c. They facilitate the communication process among all students in the classroom
d. They are classroom managers: monitor, encourage and direct students during activities.
e. They are participants and creators of a positive low-anxiety atmosphere.
f. They represent authority and control.
g. They act as assessors who correct, give feedback, examine and grade students.
Activity 4. Match the roles with the activities of the teacher in the classroom.
Role
1. Planner
2. Informer
3. Manager
4. Monitor
5. Involver
6. Parent/Friend
7. Diagnostician
8. Resource
The teacher:
a) can be used by the learners for help and advice.
b) organises the learning space, makes sure everything in the classroom is running smoothly
and sets up rules and routines (i.e. things which are done regularly) for behaviour.
c) is able to recognise the cause of learners' difficulties.
d) goes around the class during individual, pair and group work activities, checking learning.
e) makes sure all the learners are taking part in the activities.
f) prepares and thinks through the lesson In detail before teaching it so that it has variety and
there are appropriate activities for the different learners in the class.
g) comforts learners when they are upset or unhappy.
h) gives the learners detailed information about the language or about an activity.
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