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TEACHERS, LEARNERS

AND TEACHING IN ESLCLASSROOMS

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Characteristics of a Good Teacher:

make their lesson interesting so that students do not fallasleep

love their jobs, thus making the lesson interesting

show their true personalities

knowledgeable not only in subject-matter but also sharehis/her interests with the students

can amuse their students beside being serious abunt

teaching/learning

approachable, able to identify with students aspirationsand difficulties

able to correct students without being offensive

make attempts to know their students

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Interacting with students:

Brown (2001) has underlined 7 interactiveprinciples:

Automaticityfocus on meanings and messages

Intrinsic motivationcreate a relax atmospherefor students to interact

Strategic investmentsusing strategies that helpthem to negotiate meaning

Risk-taking Language-culture connection

Interlanguage

Communicative competence

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Characteristics of a Good

Language Learner:

learnersfind their own way and takecharge of their learning. They determinethe methods that are best for them as

individual learners. They learn formothers and experiment with differentmethods.

organize their studyof the language, andthey organize information about thelanguage they study.

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are creative. They understand that language

is creative. They experiment with the

language and play with grammar, words, andsounds.

make their own opportunities for practicing

the language inside and outside of the

classroom.

learn to live with uncertaintyby focusing on

the meaning of what they can understand, by

not getting flustered, and by continuing to

talk or listen without necessarily

understanding every word.

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use mnemonics and other memory

strategies to recall what they are learning.

make errors work for them and not againstthem.

use linguistic knowledge, including

knowledge of their first language, inlearning a second language.

use contextual clues to aid their

comprehension of the language. Theymaximize use of all potential contexts

around the language attended to for

enhancing comprehension.

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learn to make intelligent guesses.

learn chunks of language as wholes and formalizedroutines to help them perform

beyond their competence. For example, they

may learn idioms, proverbs, or other phrases

knowing what the whole

phrase means without necessarily

understanding each individual part.

learn certain tricks that keep conversations going.

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learn certain production techniques that also

fill in the gaps in their own competence.

learn different styles of speech or writing tolearn to vary their language according to the

formality of the situation.