| At a recent English Language Teaching or
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| | - Has In-depth Knowledge of the language
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| ELT conference, when I asked, "What is a
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| | being taught. It is unfortunate that in
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| language teacher?" a cornucopia of
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| | many foreign countries there exist
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| responses ensued. Many were quite
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| | numbers of English language "teachers"
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| verbose, others shorter and simpler, many
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| | whose knowledge of English is
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| rambled. For both EFL teachers and ESL or
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| | questionable at best or non-existent at
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| foreign language students, the definition
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| | worst. If you are an English as a foreign
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| of a language teacher is useful in
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| | language teacher, strive NOT to be one of
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| determining what qualities to seek or
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| | those.
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| strive for when studying English or a
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| | - Uses a Variety of Techniques to
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| foreign language.
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| | transfer knowledge, skills and abilities
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| It was TEFL linguistics researcher Costas
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| | in the language to students and learners
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| Gabrielatos in 2002 who defined the term
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| "language teacher".
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| | successfully applied to the teaching and
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| A Language Teacher is:
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| | learning of the language being taught
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| A person who teaches language.
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| | - Knows Implication of theory to
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| With this definition he also defined the
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| | practice, development and use of the
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| three major aspects that constitute a
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| | language being taught
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| language teacher. Here are those three
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| | 3. A language teacher has knowledge of
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| aspects and their respective principal
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| | the Language and its Use. This implies
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| components.
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| | knowledge of:
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| 1. A language teacher is a person (or
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| | - Grammar and specialized structure of
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| personality) who demonstrates the
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| | the language being taught
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| qualities of:
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| | - the Language History and how it impacts
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| - Balanced control and Flexibility in
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| | current use and structure of the language
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| teaching and conducting class activities,
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| | - Idioms and Expressions in the language
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| being neither overly "tyrannical" nor
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| | both in current and previous use
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| overly permissive
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| | colloquially
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| - Being Neat and Organized in person and
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| | - Ability to discern levels and needs of
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| preparation
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| | students of the language to enable each
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| - Being Well-groomed to provide an
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| | learner to receive the best methods and
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| example for student dress and behavior
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| | approaches to learning that are possible
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| - Being Authoritative in the performance
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| | So, what is a language teacher? A
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| of all teaching aspects based on a
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| | language teacher is a person who teaches
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| combination of knowledge, training,
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| | language and all that that entails. As
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| practice and experience
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| | language teachers or language learners,
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| 2. A language teacher is able to teach
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| | there are standards to be upheld and
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| combining methodology, knowledge & skill.
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| | quality to be maintained. These serve for
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| The language teacher:
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| | the benefit of all.
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