About your teacher Nino Chikovani - 555400384 Teaching experience – 17 years Field of occupation – high school Courses led – ESP courses in English for Psychology, English for Business; General English courses, Academic writing; Research skills; English teaching Methodology, Child’s rights and education; Education systems and legislative foundations; Position – Head of department of foreign languages at Georgian National University, Invited lecturer at Tbilisi State University, Invited lecturer at Caucasus University E-mail address – ninochikovani@tsu .ge
Course syllabus Class attendance/participation – 20 points 7p - attendance 13p - participation Midterm exam – 20 points Presentation – 20 points 10p - verbal presentation with Power Point support 10p - thesis Final exam - 40 points 10p - verbal part 30p - written part
What makes a good teacher?
Qualities for a good teacher Personality traits? Adaptability? Teacher roles: controller, prompter, assessor, resource, tutor, etc. What roles have you acquired in the classroom? Which worked best?
Establishing Rapport Recognising students Listening to students Respecting students: correcting students Being even-handed: objectiveness, learner autonomy
Teacher tasks Preparation Keeping records Being reliable
Teacher skills Managing classes Matching tasks and groups Ensuring variety Destinations/Learning outcome
Teacher knowledge The language system: lexical and grammatical systems, sounds, stress, intonation Materials and resources Classroom equipment: CD player/Computer as a resource, whiteboard , projector, podcasts, blogs, Keeping up-to-date