Top ten Traits of 21th century English language teaching
1. Student-Centered
As students have different personalities, goals, and
needs, offering personalized instructions is not just possible but also
desirable. Teachers lead discussions while guiding students down a path of
learning. When students are allowed to make their own choices, they own their
learning, increase intrinsic motivation, and put in more effort -- an ideal
recipe for better learning outcomes!
2. Accept changes
Information is coming our way faster than ever. If anything, we need to slow down and
critically analyze it, not simply accept everything that we hear. Reflection becomes essential in this process.
They understand how quickly the world is changing; so they look to prepare
students for success as a citizen of the future.
3. Learner
New resources
and initiatives will always be part of education, and we need to critically
think about them, and ask questions to move forward, but we need to model the
same openness to learning and change that we expect from our students. 21st
century teachers take pride in their knowledge base. They never stop learning.
These are people who routinely seek out opportunities to learn about new
techniques and technologies to help them hone their professional craft.
4. Confident
Every child in
the school is all of our responsibilities.
In a world that is becoming more and more complex, students need to know
that they can trust the educators to see them as individuals, and that they are
valued. None of the other strategies or
approaches will matter without this foundation. Every single individual has
different experiences and strengths that they bring to the classroom, and we
are all better if we look to tap into those strengths and build a community
around them.
5. Leader
There are some principals who are not leaders, and
some teachers who are amazing leaders.
What is crucial to think about is whether or not you have the ability to
influence others to positively move forward in specific areas. In our schools we have leaders in curriculum,
technology, community building, and so many other areas.We not only empower
people to lead, but give them the opportunities to lead from where they
are. If only a few people are “allowed”
to lead, meaningful change will happen at a much slower pace.
6. Inclusive
Studies have shown that authentic learning happens
when the students are actively engaged in their learning. A 21st century
teacher strives to involve the learners whenever possible. Classroom time
focuses on interactive activities for the students to participate in—teaching
by doing.
7. Collaborative
Collaboration was sprinkled throughout every article,
post and case study in our research on this topic. Progressive teachers are
collaborative in a variety of ways. They work together to create lessons plans
and they openly share those plans with anyone who is interested. They present
their ideas at conferences and on professional development days in the hope
that they can help others.
8. Can teach and assess all levels of learners
They must
assess where each and every student they teach is at relative to ‘Learning
Ability’ and ‘Commitment to Learning.’ They must work to bring all students up
to a level where pedagogical learning is replaced by andragogy or an adult
learning style, where students have a say in their own learning.
9. Is able to discern effective vs. non-effective
technology
The effective
21st-century teacher will need to be adept in judging the educative and
non-educative use of technologies made available to them and to their students
at school and at home. The potential downside of technologies is their
potential for non-productive use—wasting time and resources.
10. Creative and Designer
The learning environment matters. The notion of the “designer” is not only in
how we create our spaces, but the experiences that are created for learning as
well. The point of this is to think about learning from the viewpoint of those
you serve, not simply your own. We have
to understand what possibilities exist in our world today, and be extremely
thoughtful in how we design learning experiences to maximize space, resources,
and access for all learners. Small details matter more. Access to tools become crucial. Great educators are artists, plain and
simple. We need to embrace this thinking
and empower teachers to hone their craft and allow them the resources and space
to do what’s best for the learners in their classrooms.Salient traits between NESTs and Non-NESTs
NESTs
1. Use of English:
Their use of
English is better because they have been involved in an environment where
English is the mother tongue, so they use a real language more confidently than
Non-NESTs do.
2.Preffer free activities:
Ss can do the activity they want without being
controlled by the teacher.
3.Are less committed:
They don’t mind achieving their goals. Objectives for
having a nice learning process are not so important.
4.Use a variety of materials:
They teach items in context and show a big sort of
materials.
5.Assign less homework:
For them, assigning homework is not essential for
practicing about the subject.
Non-NESTs
1.Use of English:
They speak poorer English because they feel less confident,
and they try to use bookish English instead.
2.Preffer controlled activities:
Activities where they can monitor what their students
are doing or if they practice what was taught the previous or in the same
class.
3.Are more committed:
Since the very beginning they establish rules to
follow and goals to achieve at the end of the term. In that way, Ss will be
more interested to learn something new each class.
4.Use less material:
They don’t have enough resources to relate materials
in contex.
5.Assign more homework:
Assigning homework is as important as paying attention
in class, homework will be delivered to put into practice the studied topics.
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