The Role a Teacher Playing in Middle School English Teaching

1、中學(xué)英語教學(xué)中教師的角色the role a teacher playing in middle school english teachingcontentsabstract.1key words.1. introduction.1.research aims and reasons.2.different views at home and aboard.43.1 traditional teachers role at aboard.43.2 teachers role at aboard, nowadays.43.3 traditional teachers role at home.

2、43.4 teachers role at home, nowadays.53.4.1 designer.53.4.2 instructor and information source.53.4.3 organizer and governor.53.4.4 colleague.63.4.5 aid.63.4.6 introspect and researchers63.5 teachers role in web-based english teaching and learning63.6 my view.7. possible solutions.94.1 five suggestio

3、ns.94.2additional problems to be paid attention to.11. conclusion.13references.13摘要： 教師的基本職業(yè)主要限于闡明事理和傳授知識，監(jiān)督學(xué)生，師生之間是直接的傳遞和接受關(guān)系，師生關(guān)系的單一性與教師角色的單一性之間是一致的。然而在當(dāng)代，雖然教師作為文化傳承的執(zhí)行者的基本職能并沒有改變，但他卻不再像以往那樣直接以權(quán)威的身份授予學(xué)生以學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)驗，而是通過更加間接的方式實現(xiàn)文化傳遞的職能，他往往以各種方式調(diào)動和引導(dǎo)學(xué)生參與活動，引導(dǎo)學(xué)生在經(jīng)過精心設(shè)計的情境中進(jìn)行探索，師生之間已不再是單一的授受關(guān)系，同時可能是同伴關(guān)系，組織

4、者與參與者的關(guān)系，以及幫助參與被幫助的關(guān)系等，教師的角色也相應(yīng)地向多重性變化。關(guān)鍵詞：單一性 調(diào)動 引導(dǎo) 角色 多重性abstract: the basic occupation of a teacher was limited to clarify the matter and inspect students. the relationship between teachers and students is the one between delivers and the acceptors; and the oneness of teachers role is consistent.

5、 however, although function of teachers as the role of performance that spreads culture does not change, he no longer gives knowledge to the students by direct authority, but in the more direct way to carry out delivery of the culture. he usually motivates and guides students to participate activiti

6、es in various ways, guides students to explore the questions in meticulously designed environment. teachers and students are no longer likely to be companion relationship between the organizers and the participants. the teachers role is also mutually changed from the preface ground to development of

7、 diversity. key words: oneness, motivate, guide, role, diversify.introductionteachers must be aware of the challenges that they are facing. they must know that they live in an age with information explosion almost everyday. they should know that their students are different from what they used to be

8、, because new technologies make the students have easy access to what is happening in this world and messages hit them from all sides. moral questions raised by the new life style have to be worked out, not by just giving a simple yes or no answer. thus, many factors, which used to be irrelevant to

9、classroom teachers, now, have to be considered by them. teachers have to change in order to suit the new situation. thus, it is necessary to discuss the question of teachers role in china.generally speaking, the teachers role has changed from the transmitter of knowledge, skills and culture, being a

10、 model” to that of facilitator and manager of learning in the classroom and beyond, counselor, innovator, developer, researcher, etc.” (chen, 1993) and this definitely includes english teachers in china because we all know that teachers play a key role in education as well as in society, since they

11、shape the thoughts and mold the character of future generations. so, in this transition era, what the teachers role will be and what they should do in order to play their role well become questions that all teachers should ask and be able to answer.but currently, the picture of education in china is

12、 not that rosy, for most teachers in china are still playing a role in somewhat the traditional sense. they are supposed to know everything. no good students should challenge their teachers. teachers motivate the emotion when they lecture. i would think this is why we seldom see learner-centered app

13、roaches being adopted in our classes. while these problems exist in some cases, it is also encouraging that some teachers have already realized that this kind of teaching does not enrich knowledge of the students and would not enlarge students scope; the students are calling for solutions to these p

14、roblems. as an english language teacher, we have been pondering on the new role of english language teaching. it is the reason why i written this paper. research reasonsfor a long time, when teachers educate students, they all use a simple method to instill into knowledge, teachers played a dignifie

15、d role to command what students can do and what not do. students have no their own idea to think, in a word, a teacher is teacher, a student is student. there is not advantage for students to develop their ability they also cannot temper themselves, and gradually students loose their creative and im

16、aginative power. so, a teacher should not only be a teacher to his students, but a friend, they should make a good relationship with students and solve problems with them. for the most time, teachers should let students discover and solve problems by themselves.as a language subject, the final purpo

17、se of english teaching is to cultivate students competence of using english. so communication is the main activity in english class. but in traditional english teaching, students learning is only based on the output from teachers, the input to students and their interaction. communication is almost

18、impossible under such circumstances. even if there is so-called communication, it is always prearranged and meaningless.as a middle school english teacher, you must know clearly what role you play in the teaching. its a duty to make sure how to play a role in english teaching, because when you know

19、the role you play in teaching, then you can have an explicit way of thinking to teach your students in the teaching and guiding your students; also only when you explicit your own role, then you can teach the students well. as a teacher-training english major students, well be a teacher in future, i

20、t is a duty to make sure how to play a role in english teaching, no matter you are teacher or youll be teacher, you should do and require yourselves as a teacher, only doing like this, can you help finish the duty of a teacher. its just the reason i write this paper.through this paper, i want to dis

21、cuss in brief as a middle school teacher how to play roles in english teaching, how to consider these roles and how to carry out. moreover, through the treatise in the text to inspire how to consider the problem concerning teachers role, and to find the shortage of teachers role nowadays. these are

22、not only the contents of my thesis, but also the purpose that i write the thesis.how to regard the role of a teacher playing in the classroom teaching is the key to check and supervise teachers teaching and the teaching behavior. according to traditional idea, teacher was often compared as “gardener

23、”, “the engineer of mankinds soul”, “stairs”, “and candle” by the people. also it thought that teacher is “teach-book-smith”, “childs king”, “cat”, “and police”. etc., all these separable images emerged the peoples different comprehension vividly. but, these different comprehensions also make people

24、 feel perplexed. what is the teachers role actually in the classroom teaching? there is dissimilarity nation in different ages to the educators, which is always investigated and considered.therefore, it is necessary for us to inquiry into what is the teachers role in teaching. this is actually a ver

25、y meaningful study on education. to clear up this problem, it is not only advantageous to the students character but also it raises teachers themselves, and then raise the students character, in the end, the nation is to be subjected to the benefit. only when the teachers understand how to teach wel

26、l, can the students know their exertive ability. its just the time for students to use the knowledge and to be a real ridgepole and pillars for our country. different views at home and aboard there are some different views at home and aboard about teachers role, such as “organizer”, “designer”, “gui

27、der” and so on. although there are many opinions about it, still a lot in common. 3.1 traditional teachers role aboard in the past profoundjust as huang puquan (2003:18) suggests in his book the teachers role aboard in tradition is taken shape in a long development of education history, and restrict

28、ed by the autocracy and centralization of state power system of government. teachers perform two roles: the first is that teacher with the knowledge is the key in terms of both the target language and the choice of methodology; the second role is that as am activity organizer, the teacher sets up an

29、d steers learning activities and provides authoritative feedback on students performance. if the students needs are neglected, teaching would become blind. what the students can do in traditional mode of teaching is to perform under the teachers wishes, and learning becomes passive and mechanical. i

30、t is investigated that the traditional teachers role is largely affected by the religion and the customs of a society.3.2 teachers role aboard, nowadays.nowadays, the role of a teacher is changed. abroad, it is said gave a new concept from the society point of view; such as guider, organizer and so

31、on. in resent times, teachers are defined a new concept, teacher is not only the people who teach the student knowledge but guide the students study on their own; teacher should be the person to develop students creative ability; the responsibly of a teacher is not only to teach knowledge but to tea

32、ch them how to study; the teacher should teach students in accordance with their aptitude.3.3 traditional teachers role at homethe teacher, from the very beginning to the end, dominates the traditional language classroom. in other words, the process of teaching and learning is teacher-centered. the

33、teacher performs two roles; “the first is that of knowerthe teacher is a figure of authority who decides on what should be learned and how this should be learned. the second role activities organizerthe teacher sets up and steers learning activities and provides authoritative feedback on students pe

34、rformance.”(lan tudor, 1993) in this sense, the students needs are neglected and teaching becomes blind. what the students can do in traditional mode of teaching is to perform under the teachers wishes, and learning becomes passive and mechanical.3.4 teachers role at home, nowadays.educator zhang da

35、jun (2001:320) said that a teacher should take the following important role in teaching:3.4.1 “designer”. teacher as the designer of the teaching should answer three questions: 1. what is the teaching target? 2. what kind of the teaching strategy and the teaching method should choose? 3. what test w

36、ay to choose? the teacher is an “engineer” in teaching process. teachers are wanted to analyze teaching material, clean his own logic way of thinking; its the role of a traditional teachers own. the teacher as the designer of the teaching needs to consider more factors about students, in the foundat

37、ion of comprehending and using various teaching strategy and flexible principles. aiming at the students characteristic, particular contents of course etc. to establish certain environment for the students. there are some interactions of various society in the teaching, including the interaction bet

38、ween students, (such as solve the cooperation problem), and design contents of course, medium, interaction between object- a teacher should choose the instructional media of the accommodation to carry on the homologous design to exertive advantage of various medium, which can suppose study to let st

39、udents themselves discover the new information. 3.4.2 “instructor and information source”. instructor or the guidance member. we cant neglect the teachers leading functions at any time, explaining in detail; especially it is indispensable to junior school students forever. teachers as information so

40、urce contain two meanings: one is a project that advises the teacher to follow his design to provide the certain information activity to the students. the other is that a student requests the certain information from the teacher while he is investigating the certain scenario problem.3.4.3 “organizer

41、 and governor. through different teacher to the degree dissimilarity that the classroom controls, marinating the certain teaching order is a premise that carries on the teaching. through different teacher to the degree dissimilarity that the classroom controls, marinating the certain teaching order

42、is a premise that carries on the teaching. the teacher wants to stir up students motive, carrying on the class management, organizing the classroom teaching, handing the teaching in the occasional event to origins the student to attend the athletics sport to prepare for examination, record the resul

43、t of their performance the students and the function after parents.3.4.4 “colleague”. the teacher is not only the governor of the teaching, and can be the students companion, promote students study.on one hand, a relation that builds up the amity in harmony is the advantage to strengthen the educati

44、onal power. the teacher should be good at the observation and comprehension to the students, even should study the students, understand their demand, study the character characteristic, and understand students learning process. on the other hand, the teacher sometimes should also, with the equal sta

45、tus, discuss and cooperate with the students and solve problems together.3.4.5 “aid”. when the students meet difficult, the teacher should provide the help and guide to make the students continue the progress of the study and the investigation.3.4.6 “introspect and researchers.the teacher should car

46、ry on introspecting and evaluating to his own teaching constantly, raise the problem to the detection of his own education activity, and put forward the project of the improvement. moreover, the teacher should on observing mutually, analysis with the students, discuss exchanges, help the other party

47、 to discover the problem and raise the teaching level. and the teacher wants to be the researcher in the teaching and study can take on certain theories as the foundation, to solve various problems nimbly in the teaching.3.5 teachers role in web-based english teaching and learningwith the approach o

48、f information age, people are experiencing dramatic and historical changes in many aspects and senses ranging from the way of living to the way of studying and the way of thinking. information technology not only makes many things easier, but also turns something seemingly impossible a reality. such

49、 influence has also occurred to education as well. it will make students learn more easily and teachers teach more effectively.both information technology and english play a significant role in peoples learning and social life. they are both important basic subjects. they are also two basic tools fo

50、r communication in the world. the former is the necessary technique to shorten the distance of the world, while the later, as the most widely used language, is the primary language “bridge” to communicate with people of other nations and states. the second-phase curriculum reform of shanghai has put

51、 information technology and english at the top of all. they are considered as the symbols of the competence of ones life-long education. information technology and english are closely associated with each other. english is a basic language of information technology. on the other hand, information te

52、chnology develops english teaching and learning theories and methods. and the integration of them will lead to a better teaching and learning result.if english teachers are not the only source of information, what other roles do they play in class? there seems to be three main areas: creating a lear

53、ning environment, shaping web-based activities, and hands-on facilitation while students are in the learning process. before giving class, teachers themselves should search information on the web first. then they give students topics or directions. the web is so vast and boundless that students will

54、 be without teachers instruction. and teachers act more as facilitators so that students can actively interpret and organize the information they are given, fitting it into prior knowledge.the teacher must be a guider in web-based english teaching. take the second role for example. shaping web-based

55、 activities is related to integrating the web into classroom learning. when you taught about the transportation means, you may ask your students to make a travel plan. the plan included the places where they wanted to visit, how long they would stay, the means of transportation, which they wanted to

56、 take, and the simple reasons for their choice. you gave students travel web sites and asked them to get the information from the web. after finishing their plan, they began discussion. through the discussion, students found the advantage and disadvantage of each means of transport. buses are cheap

57、but time-consuming, aeroplanes are fast but expensive, and trans are convenient but uncomfortable. for example, one student chose going to xian by plane, because he hadnt got much time, but he got enough money. while another student chose going to xian by train, because he couldnt afford the flight fare. this activity was based on the web. it activated t