According to Medgyes there are many characteristics which have to be in mind in a communicative teacher. The most important one is that he/she has to be like a SUPER-PERSON, because the teacher has to provide an adequate environment, be aware of how the are students learning and improve if there is a problem and have many personal characteristics to complete these tasks. Teachers have to focus on a learner centered teaching, have to be down to earth, far-sighted, high-tech, confident, judicious, ingenious, techically skilled, and also have to be psychologists.
They have to reduce "teacher talking time" and let students get to the knowledge, instead of giving them the knowledge.
I think that these are many tasks to perform for only one person. Communicative teachers are asked to be super teachers outside and inside the classroom. And that is impossible!
ResponderEliminarIt looks so hard! but I think we do some of these things, psychologist for instance you don't realize how many times a day you act like one. And the rest, is done as we learn new methodologies and strategies to help our students to learn because we know that it's a good way to become good teachers. Of course, we can't do it in a short period of time, perhaps that's overwhwelming.
ResponderEliminarYes,I agree with Carmen there are things that we do and try everyday, but this is still an approach difficult to master to the fullest. I think that we all want the best for our students and do many things for that, but it is still a very difficult job, cause we are just humans and the communicative approach is for super humans, therefore we'll never please everyone under the conditions given.
ResponderEliminarGood point Leyla! So, who should we try to please?
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