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1、怎样做一个合格的高中英语教师How To Be a Qualified English Teacher in Senior High SchoolContentsAbstract.1Key words.1I. Introduction.1II. Importance of English teachers.2III. Present situations of English teaching and the comments on English teachers.4 3.1 The English course and its aims.43.1.1 Aims of the course.

2、43.1.2 Students background conditions.43.2 Requirements for an English teacher.53.3 Ways students benefit when they attend class53.4 Advantages and disadvantages of native English teachers and Chinese English teachers in English teaching.63.5 Some of problems are encountered by Chinese English teach

3、er in teaching7IV. The standards of a good English teacher.74.1what makes a good English teacher?.74.2 Good teachers never have enough time.9V. The way of being a good English teacher.105.1 How to become a good English teacher.105.2 Other aspects.11VI. Conclusion.12References12How To Be a Qualified

4、English Teacherin Senior High School摘 要： 英语教师教学水平的高低直接的反应在所教的学生学习成绩和对英语的兴趣上，一个成功的英语教师必然有一套自己的独特的教学方法，一名合格的英语教师无论在生活中还是教学中总是扮演着一名特殊的角色，在教学过程中一名合格的英语教师不仅仅要会教课更需要利用自己的特长和语言表达来激发学生的学习兴趣。并且要学会如何鼓励学生，定期的做一些调查，以此来判定自己在平时表现的好坏，从学生的兴趣爱好入手，给每个学生制定不同的学习计划，等等。无论这些教师的年龄大小仍然是与他们的学生的相关的生活.这位教师应该有忍耐，信心，想象，热诚，幽默和创作力

5、。 他/她应该是友好的，在精神上和实际中和学生打成一片，有一种肯定学生的态度，并且如果需要的话必须鼓励他的学生。只有做到了以上几点才算是一个合格高中英语教师。关键词：英语教师；学生；鼓励；Abstract: Students achievement and their interest in English can reflect English teachers level, a successful English teacher must have his/her own special teaching method. A qualified teacher always plays

6、a particular role no matter in teaching or in life. A good English teacher are not only good at teaching, but also need make use of helpful conditions to stimulate students potential. Teachers need to learn how to encourage students, make a survey to students frequently. Teachers should make plans a

7、ccording to students interest. Whatever their age, these teachers are still relevant to their students life. The teacher should have patience, confidence, imagination, enthusiasm, humor and creativity. He/She should be friendly, sympathetic and on good terms with the students, and have an affirmativ

8、e attitude towards the students and occasionally encourage them if necessary.Key words: English teacher; student; Encouragement;I. IntroductionEnglish is an important course for senior high school students in China. However, for a long time there has been a controversy about who should teach English

9、, a native English speaker or a Chinese teacher of English. Undoubtedly, a good English teacher should be a good English speaker. Many native English speakers have proven to be successful teachers in English classes in China. However, this does not necessarily mean a good English speaker is a good E

10、nglish teacher. Apart from fluency and accuracy of the English language, a good English teacher must have a good grasp of the teaching syllabus, have a good understanding of the teaching objects (students), and have a good mastery of teaching techniques. To help Chinese teachers of English gain conf

11、idence and do well in their English classes, it is necessary to objectively evaluate their advantages and disadvantages compared with native English speakers in English classes.II. Importance of English teachersHistorically, it seemed there was no need for students to master the four skills of Engli

12、sh (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) since China had a closed-door foreign policy and people seldom had the chance to talk with other English speakers. There was no demand for people with good spoken English. So, the teaching objective was not for students to be able to speak English, but

13、for them to be able to pass the written exams and read some science and technology materials in English. Most English textbooks were designed for these goals, and the exams were mainly focused on testing students reading comprehension and knowledge of English sentence structure and grammar. Therefor

14、e, sentence structure and grammar seemed far more important than listening and speaking. The grammar-translation method served the purpose well. But why do both teachers and students take the exams so seriously? This has something to do with our examination system. Following the example of the tradi

15、tional Chinese imperial examination system (an exam held to choose the top candidates to be high officials in the ancient government), a national college entrance examination is held once a year. Those who want to go to universities and colleges have to sit the exams. Passing the exams doesnt necess

16、arily mean that a student gets the chance to receive a higher education; the student has to get very high marks. The higher the marks are, the more opportunities the student has. One mark less than the entrance mark means the student will lose the chance this year, or possibly forever. That explains

17、 to some degree why most teachers and students (in China and other countries of the world) are still teaching and studying English for the exams. They are neglecting the fact that a large number of qualified people with good oral English are needed now that China has a more open policy. Among all th

18、e second-language-teaching methods, the grammar-translation method is the easiest for a teacher to employ. It doesnt require a teacher to speak good English or make good lesson preparations. All a teacher needs to do is to put English into Chinese, word by word, sentence by sentence. The teacher doe

19、snt need to prepare and use any other teaching tools except the textbook. The teacher is a translator rather than an instructor to the students. Also, students find it much easier to understand English with the help of Chinese. Another reason for the dominance of the grammar-translation method is th

20、at there are not enough qualified English teachers. A qualified English teacher should not only be capable in all four skills, but also know how to work with the students so they learn to communicate with other English speakers. But quite a number of teachers, especially in the vast rural areas, onl

21、y have a secondary school education. What they know about English is limited to some basic English grammar and vocabulary. They have very poor pronunciation and intonation, with a strong local accent, and they cannot speak English fluently. For them the grammar-translation method is the most accepta

22、ble because they can basically teach English in Chinese. English teaching is comparatively new in our country and most English teachers, especially the more experienced ones, know little about the newer methodologies. Quite often, ironically, it is those who cant teach English well who are chosen to

23、 teach the methodology courses. Some teachers never hear about other teaching methods, only the grammar-translation method. Changing the exam system is essential if we want the middle-school English teachers to move away from using the grammar-translation method and change from teaching for exams to

24、 training the students to use English as a communicative tool. More and more people have realized what a big burden the national college entrance exam has become. This is true not only for students and their parents, but also for each high school and its teachers since people judge a school only by

25、how many of its students are enrolled into colleges and universities. More and more, experts plead for the exam system to be changed. To change the content of English exams would be a big step in English teaching reform. Although a new set of middle school English textbooks, chiefly based on spoken

26、English, has been used since 1992, many teachers still have to resort to the grammar-translation method because they dont want their students to fail the English exams based on grammar and sentence structure. We should cut down the percentage of grammar on the exam and put more emphasis on testing s

27、tudents listening and speaking abilities. With a change in testing, the teachers will have to change their methods. To train more qualified teachers is a key in the whole system. Here qualified teachers refers to those with both the ability in the four skills and the knowledge of efficient teaching

28、approaches to help students master the skills. You cannot expect a teacher who cannot speak English to teach English in English. The methodologies of teaching English should be a main course in our teacher training programs. This course should be taught by those who have knowledge of the various met

29、hodologies available. Let the new teachers be fully prepared before their teaching career begins. If our students cant talk easily with other English speakers after studying the language for six to ten years, (six years in middle school and four years at college and university), we cannot say our te

30、aching is successful. We may have wasted our students time by teaching them only grammar and teaching them English in Chinese. China is developing fast and is badly in need of a competent cadre of English speakers. This is the same situation in many other countries of the world. Overall reform in la

31、nguage education is the key, beginning with teacher training and including reform in testing, methodology, curricula, and materials. III. Present situations of English teaching and the comments on English teachers3.1 The English course and its aims3.1.1 Aims of the courseBy the end of the first scho

32、lastic year, students are expected to be able to carry on daily conversations in simple English, to ask and answer questions based on some reading or listening materials, and to talk briefly for about two minutes about the content of a text after one or two minutes prior preparation.By the end of th

33、e second year, students are expected to be able to carry on conversations with native English speakers not only about daily life but also about social issues. Given some reading or listening material, they should be able to retell the content and discuss the topic for three to four minutes with one

34、or two minutes preparation beforehand.3.1.2 Students background conditionsBy the time they have entered Senior High School; Chinese students have already had three years experience of studying English. However, they have been studying hard preparing for university entrance exams. So most of them, be

35、ing accustomed to memorizing new words and expressions and paying attention to grammar points and language structures, find it hard to express themselves in oral English. On the other hand, they may find that the textbooks for oral English, which are largely full of dialogues and conversations, appe

36、ar to be of little or no use to them, because they find few new words or expressions.3.2 Requirements for an English teacherWhats needed for an English teacher? According to Zhang Shandongs description (Zhang Zhengdong: p320) of Myrna Delson-Karans idea, in educational evaluation, the following item

37、s may be taken into consideration for the evaluation of a teacher of second language teaching.This includes the teachers ability to understand, to speak, to read and to write English; accuracy in pronunciation; knowledge of foreign customs, culture and cross-cultural communication; knowledge of ling

38、uistics and of the essence of language acquisition; and his/her ability to initiate, to sustain, and to close basic communicative tasks in an appropriate way. This includes the teachers ability to prepare a lesson plan focusing on the teaching aim and to work towards the aim with certain teaching st

39、rategies. The teacher should bear an open attitude towards foreign culture, share with students what he/she knows about how foreign culture differs from his/her own, and present them in teaching .This includes proper arrangement of seats, board, and time to fit for certain activities. This also incl

40、udes the teachers ability to be clear in the classroom and to change modes of presentation and types of questions. The teacher is also supposed to be able to engage students in the learning process, to provide opportunities for feedback and to use group and individual activities so as to bring stude

41、nts initiative into full play.3.3 Ways that students benefit when they attend classMost teachers would agree that class attendance facilitates learning in a variety of ways. The auditory presentation of material supplements reading assignments. Multimedia classroom presentations, that provide an aud

42、itory/visual supplement to reading assignments, target a broader range of learning styles than textbooks alone. Also, students who are in class hear discussion and elaboration of important concepts, including the teachers perspective on the material, and teachers often offer more current information

43、 than that found in the textbooks. In addition to learning from the teachers explanations of class material, students who are in class hear questions and commessroom generalize to other courses. Also, regular class attendance requires discipline and time management. These tools are beneficial no mat

44、ter what career path students follow. In a broader sense, attending class increases students personal interaction with a variety of faculty members, raising the likelihood of finding mentors and role models who can help guide their academic, career, and personal develonts from others, and share thei

45、r own.Teachers can use class discussion to enhance students critical thinking skills. They can ask them to explain the material in their own words, pose questions that require students to make connections between different elements of the class material, or challenge students to relate class materia

46、l to other areas of psychology or to realms outside of the field. The more students examine and analyze material, the better their retention will be. In general, class attendance also influences course grades (Buckalew, Daly, & Coffield, 1986; Simpson & Nist, 1992) and the development of academic sk

47、ills (Terenzini, Theophilides, & Lorang, 1984).The development of academic skills transfers to other realms. For example, to take quality notes, students must prioritize, organize, and synthesize the material being presented, and skills developed in one clapment.3.4 Advantages and disadvantages of native English teachers and Chinese English teachers in English teachingThe teacher should be an expert or at least should be able to do, with ease, whatever the st