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Lead-in 
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Answers 
1 mediocre 2 good 3 superior 4 great 
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Learners’ own answers.
Listening
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Learners’ own answers.
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Answers 
Skills
Teacher 1
learn to relate, be open to students and new ideas, take risks, 
facilitate learning, let go
Teacher 2
learn all the time, and from students too, not pretend you know 
everything, master questioning techniques
Audioscript 
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Teacher 1: Well, firstly, a teacher has to learn to relate. I think 
relationship-based teaching and learning is very important. 
We learn together. I mean, learning alone is really useless. 
What are you going to do with the knowledge? Actually, 
technology has allowed everyone, through social networks, to 
engage in what’s called ‘cooperative intelligence.’ 
Secondly, a teacher should be open, open to students and 
new ideas. And we shouldn’t be afraid of taking risks and 
failing sometimes. We can’t always do everything perfectly, 
especially if we’re doing something for the first time.
But probably the most important skill is – a modern teacher 
should be able to allow learning, just let the kids learn, 
facilitate their learning. In other words, don’t teach at them, 
let them learn. They’re learners, so we should allow them to 
do their work. Just standing in front of them and talking to 
them about the subject does not mean that they’re learning 
anything. So, I think it’s really, really important for us to learn 
to let go. 

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English for Academics Book 2 Teacher’s Guide
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