ManuscriptsforTeachers’DevelopmentProgramNo.1MiddleSchoolofPingyin平阴一中英语教师培训讲义ByMbechaFerdinandAwunglefac&DavidFangContentsSection1.....................................................................................................3Section2.....................................................................................................6Section3...................................................................................................10Section4...................................................................................................14Section5...................................................................................................19Section6...................................................................................................25Section7...................................................................................................26Section8...................................................................................................34Section9...................................................................................................38Section10.................................................................................................40Section1CONTEMPORARYAPPROACHESTOENGLISHLANGUAGETEACHINGDAY1:TEACHERS’BELIEFSOUTLINE:-Introduction-Teachers’beliefsaboutlearners:resisters,receptacles,rawmaterial,clients,partners,individualexplorers,democraticexplorers.-Teachers’beliefsaboutlearning.-Teachers’beliefsaboutthemselves.-Conclusion.INTRODUCTIONInthissectionweshallbeexaminingteachers’beliefsaboutlearners,learningandthemselvesasteachers.Everybodyhasbeliefs.Thesebeliefsarecloselylinkedtotheindividual’svalues,hisorherviewsoftheworldandhisorplaceinit.Teachersaregreatlyinfluencedbytheirbeliefs.Thesebeliefscanaffectthewaytheyplantheirlessons,makedecisionsandtheirgeneralclassroompractice.Researchhasshownthatteachers’beliefsabouthowlanguagesshouldbetaughtwillaffecttheirclassroomactionmorethanaparticularmethodologyorcoursebookrecommendedtothem.Thesebeliefsmaybeimplicitorexplicit.1.TEACHERS’BELIEFSABOUTLEARNERSBeforewelookintothevariouswaysteachersconceivetheirlearnerstobelet’shavealittleexercisehere.Observethesituationsbelowandselectwhichofthembestdescribesyourbeliefaboutlearners.SITUATION1Afarmermeetshisneighboronthewaytothefields.Thelatterhasagoatwitharopetiedrounditsneckwhichheispullinghard.Thegoatisresistinggoingwithitsmaster.FARMER:What’sthematter?NEIGHBOR:ThisgoatisverysillyandstubbornFARMER:Huh?NEIGHBOR:There’sgreenerpastureovertherebutitprefersthisbarrenfieldFARMER:Whydon’tyoulookforawhip?That’stheonlylanguageitunderstands.NEIGHBOR:Whatagoodidea!SITUATION2Weareataparty.Itissooncomingtotheend.Thegeneroushosthasdecidedtogiveeachguestsomewinetotakehome.Hehasalargejugofwinewhileeachguesthasmug.Butthemugsareofunequalsizes.Thesizeofeachguest’smugreflectstheirdrinkingcapacity.Thehostthinksthatitisuselesstogivepeoplemorethantheyareabletotakein.SITUATION3Z:Man,thisisagreatfeat!Ican’tbelieveyouputupthishouse!Y:Well,lastyearwhenItoldyouthatIhadboughtlandintheswampsyouthoughtIhadlostmymind.Z:Iwouldneverhavebelievedthatanythinggoodcouldcomefromsuchmire.Y:Allthemagnificenthousesyouseerosefromnothing.Withcourageandcarefulplanningyoucanturnanyclayintothemostmagnificentworkofart.Z:Ibelieveyou.That’showg...
