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Teach English in SAnqiao Zhen - Zhumadian Shi

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Nowadays, more and more people have become aware of the importance of learning a new language in terms of career prospects and people's development, especially if they are at an early age. We generally know the benefits, but still a question, that I will particularly address in this essay, remains: How can a foreign teacher actually play a part in a child's development through language teaching? We know the why, we need to find out how. First of all, each teacher should acknowledge his role in a child's life. The children spend more than 6 hours per day, 5 days a week within the school, so it can be called their second home. This is why, the teacher cannot be passive and needs to act as a third parent, because this is how the children consciously or unconsciously perceive him. And it is not an easy role to play, but the 1st step is to start behaving as a guide in their lives and a true role model, your actions possibly being constantly replicated by the children as they are influenced by their known environment. Focusing on their grammar and language skills is not enough for them to use the acquired knowledge to build a successful future for themselves. Building on the previous idea, a teacher should always adapt the content of his lesson on the learning ability of its pupils, in other words, delivering content taking into consideration in what development stage they are. This can be done, only by assessing the students, but not just using diagnostic or progress tests, but by constantly observing and monitoring them in terms of emotional intelligence. We need to be able to tell what are their strengths, weaknesses, fears, feelings etc in order to find the best methods for them to learn and through learning a new language also improving their soft skills. We can also achieve this by creating a friendly and open environment in which they can freely express their feelings and have a freedom of speech, but also by positioning ourselves as their mentor, a person they can always come to when they are in doubt or feel the need to share. Furthermore, we know that children learning a second language are becoming more emphatic and are able to put themselves in other peoples shoes. Not only they are embracing diversity and accepting other nationalities but they become able to form strong connections with the world. As teachers, we need to foster these positive feelings by being the closest door to the external world for them. How? By using relevant world topics as discussion for the engage phase of the lessons; presenting other cultures and encouraging them to research and learn customs and traditions different from their own; using a map to describe travel vocabulary; using role play activities that consist in foreign matters or people and the list can go on and on. All in all, I think one of the most important things to remember is that the best teachers are the ones that never stop learning. The world is changing at an incredible fast pace and the children need to be always prepared. We can use course books but we cannot rely solely on them. We need to always adapt on what is happening out in the world and make sure the students are acquiring the skills of the future, skills that will allow them to become successful. Not only technology changes, but so do people and their cognitive abilities and insatiable thirst for knowledge. Now, people learn 10 times faster then they did 20 years ago, so right now being a teacher can be one of the hardest jobs. But as long as we learn along with them, we will be able to use our experience and knowledge to feed their curiosity and develop them in unimaginable ways.


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