Teaching is an art, and the most effective training comes after

graduation.
What qualities should a teacher, who is a constant model for
her or his students, have?
What do our students observe in us? Here are a few thoughts
which may be helpful to the teachers.

1. Love your students and have a passion for teaching; otherwise

you will feel dissatisfied.
2. Always address your students by names. This creates a friendly
atmosphere.

3. Don’t waste class time telling personal anecdotes that have

nothing to do with what you should be teaching.

4. The teacher is a constant model for her/his students, so be neat,

tidy, and set a good example.

5. Some students try to interrupt learning by asking you endless

questions. Do not let them dominate the class with their constant
talking.

6. Don’t grade a student’s work when you are angry with her. Avoid
creating tension, ask her/him questions and let her/him take a
part in the lesson, so that she/he will not thinking that you are no
longer interested in her/him.

7. Don’t become too attached to the teacher’s desk. Move around the
room, and keep the students on their toes. From time to time sit
among the students; have them think that you are one of the class.

8. Praise your students when they do well. This is a real reward for
them, and it encourages them to do their best.
9. Don’t exaggerate your speech. Speak as naturally as possible.
Never swallow words.

10.have good eye contact with your students, and focus your
attention on the one you have called on, but don’t make a student
feel uncomfortable by staring at her.

11.Every student learns at a different rate. We must always

remember that a class consists of both good and slow students.

12.Every student deserves her/his share of class time; be sure she

gets it.

13.Neither whisper nor speak too loudly when you teach, but be sure
the students in the back row can her you.

14.Create an atmosphere of in which the students feel relaxed

enough to express themselves.

15.Students who don’t be attention should be kept alert by having

questions directed to them.

16.Go from the known to the unknown and from the regular to the
irregular.

17. Check your students’ homework regularly, especially at the

beginning of the school year, so they will form the habits of doing
it regularly.

18. Let the students laugh when you draw stick figures. And laugh
with them. The lesson will be more interesting.

19. As foreign language teachers, our greatest but last resort is the
mother tongue. Don’t use it unless absolutely necessary, and try to
enable your students to speak English automatically and to think
in English.
20.Use previously learned grammatical patterns in teaching new
vocabulary items, and previously learned vocabulary items in
teaching newest pictures. The more students use something new
(or old) the more automatic the patterns and items become.