Exploration of the Evolution of Teacher Roles and Professional Development Needs Among University English Instructors

The role of university English instructors has evolved significantly over the years,encompassing various aspects.This paper explores the evolution of the role of university English instructors and examines the current challenges and opportunities they face in today’s educational landscape.It delves into the multifaceted nature of their responsibilities and discusses the importance of continuous professional development to meet the evolving needs of students and the demands of the profession.

A Study on English Teacher Roles in the Context of＂Internet Plus＂

In the context of"Internet Plus", English teaching has been deeply influenced. MOOC,micro class and flipped classroomhave been paid attention and applied in teaching practice.Accompanying such transformation, roles of the teacher have increased.The teacher plays the roles of designer, facilitator, instructor, organizer, coordinator and resource provider before class, in class andafter class. It is necessary for teachers and students to adjust themselves to the changes in the whole class process.

Transfer of University English Teacher Roles in the Web-based Teaching Environment

At present, one of the important tasks of the ongoing college English teaching reform is to reform the traditional teaching mode,establishing the computer-based multimedia English teaching model. Based on the constructivist theory and the second language acquisi-tion theory, teachers who adopt the new teaching model should play multiple roles to maximize the teaching effect, being not only thecourse designer, organizer, but also the guide, helper and facilitator in the process of teaching students to construct knowledge and be en-gaged in classroom activities as well.

The Role of Teachers’Apperception in Herbart’s Theory for Chinese Teaching in Shenzhen Primary Schools of China

This paper deeply analyzes the practical application of Herbart’s educational concept in contemporary education and teaching,especially its guiding significance to the primary school Chinese classroom in Shenzhen area.Herbart proposed that teachers should play a key role in students’cognitive process,that is,help students better understand and master new knowledge by combining it with existing knowledge.The survey results show that although teachers have some understanding of Herbart’s educational philosophy,it is not widely used in the concrete teaching process.However,the study also shows that there is a positive relationship between Herbart’s theory and students’academic performance,indicating that it plays an important role in improving students’interest and engagement in learning.The research also reveals the differences between educational concepts and practices,as well as the uneven distribution of educational resources,and puts forward measures to alleviate these contradictions,such as strengthening teacher training,improving teaching methods,and emphasizing moral education.At the same time,the study also highlights the critical role of teachers in promoting knowledge integration,arousing learning enthusiasm,shaping students’moral character,and promoting personal and professional growth.

A Survey into Teachers＇ Roles in Web-based College English Autonomous Learning

The paper, with the backdrop of web-based autonomous learning put forward by the recent college English teaching reform, aims to explore teachers＇ roles in this learning process in students＇ perception through the means of questionnaires and interviews. It further analyzes the possible reasons why students perceive their teachers＇ roles in such a way, in the hope of providing some implications for web-based college English autonomous learning.

Change of Teachers' Roles in the Intensive Reading Class

This paper gives an account of characteristics of the intensive reading in English teaching, and change of teachers’ roles in the learner-centered teaching approach. Suggestions are put forward as to how to be a qualified teacher in the intensive reading class accordingly.

The Exploration of the Helpful Roles Teacher Can Play to Help non-English Major Students Improve Their English Writing

It is commonly known that writing is an advanced skill which is essential in language learning but at the same time the most difficult task for learners. This paper is with the aim to explore helpful roles that teacher can play to help non-English major students improve their English writing, so as to help improve their writing ability in the author's context.

Study on the Roles of a Teacher in College English Teaching Mode Based on the Internet

With the rapid development of modern technology and all-round reform in national college English teaching,Internet-Based teaching mode has become a new trend of college English teaching.Therefore,in the new teaching mode,the teacher should turn an inculcator into an instructor,facilitator and participant in teaching;a passive user of textbook into a dominant and modeler of courses;a planner of teaching specific tasks into an organizer of teaching process,a helper and shepherd of learning knowledge.

Renovation of Teacher's Role in Action Research

under the present educational reform backgrounds,college English teachers are expected to re-examine their role,shift their mind-sets from the traditional passive position of acceptors of educational theory to creator of their own local teaching theories.

Teacher's Role in the Oral English Class

English speaking has been paid more attention today, especially in the age of globalization. Teachers are attempting to find out more effective methods to enhance the teaching results of English speaking. Facing the great demands and present difficulties of oral English classes, teachers have to conduct more study and practice to find out what roles that an oral English teacher has to take in the oral English classroom. Compared with the traditional teaching role in the English classroom, an oral English teacher has to fulfill more than one role in the classroom teaching so as to provide better learning conditions for students. Lacking more exposure to the real interaction with native speakers, students expect the oral English teacher to be a creator of the language environment. With various teaching and learning activities in the oral English classroom, the teacher has to be a good organizer to ensure every student to achieve improvement. An oral English teacher also has to correct students'language errors while ensuring the smooth progress of the classroom teaching. Only when an oral English teacher make clear what roles he or she has to take in the classroom can he or she achieve effective teaching.

The Teacher's Role and Teaching Procedures in the Teaching of Oral English

English teachers in China are aware that what kind of English teaching method should be employed to improve student 's linguistic acquisition and that communicative competence becomes more and more important.In English teaching,teachers always make it possible for students to be more often in contacts with the English language,thus creating an atmosphere of learning English language.Help students to jump over the gap between only reading English loudly and speaking English fluently.Here I will show the importance of the teachers ' role in English teaching and their applies in oral English teaching.

The Roles of Teachers in English Teaching

The issue of improving the efficiency of college English teaching and learning has long puzzled our educators and English teachers.There are many ways to help the solving of the problem,but in China,where English is mainly taught in classroom,the teacher is a very important factor to influence the result of English teaching.In order to solve the problem,the teacher must know exactly what roles he should play in the process of teaching and make some changes in his old teaching methods.

To be or not to be——College English teacher′s possible roles

Traditionally, in a teacher-centered class, students are deprived of right, for teachers take up the platform and play a “leading” role. What are the college English teacher′s possible roles? The paper tends to shed light on it by kicking the teacher′s traditional roles.

Motivation and Role of College English Teachers

Motivation has important implications for learning. As College English teachers, knowing how to promote the motivation of learners will push learners to engage actively and productively in learning activities. There are three aspects about enhancing motivation.

College English Teachers' Roles in CAI

With continuing advances in technology, computer-assisted instruction provides opportunities for individualized, interactive instruction. The philosophy of constructivism has encouraged instructional designers to create less behavioral, more democratic programs that promote learner control. In the area of ESL (English as a second language), computers are seen to be a highly motivating, instructional tool.

Teachers＇ role in vocabulary teaching： Strategies for vocabulary teaching

Much research has been done on how to help students to improve their language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, but how to help students with the acquisition of vocabulary which is essential to the development of language skills has been neglected. This paper is an attempt to explore the teacher＇s role in helping students with vocabulary acquisition. Word knowledge is discussed, selection of words to be taught, techniques for presentation and strategies for self-learning.

On the roles of teachers in CLT

It is a long-lasting issue for most researchers and teachers to apply Communicative Teaching Method （CLT） in language teaching. The roles that teachers play in CLT are the key whether CLT is successfully applied in teaching. This paper aims to discuss how to apply this teaching method in language teaching by means of teachers＇ roles, namely, information collector, designer, organizer and controller of the class, participant and evaluator.

On the Reconstruction of Teachers’Role of Business English Reading Classroom Teaching Based on Literature Circle

Business English reading teaching under the mode of“literature circles”focuses on cultivating students’autonomy in reading,group cooperation,and the exchange of ideas among group members.In this teaching mode,teachers are no longer the masters of the reading classroom,but the helpers,participants,and researchers in the process of students’reading.The reconstruction of teachers’role can promote the benign development of relationship not only between teachers and students,but also between students and students,inject new impetus and vitality into the classroom,and improve students’reading literacy.

The roles of the teacher in ELT classes

Nowadays,ELT pays more attention to the ability of communication. So the role of the teacher is very different from the one before. This paper mainly gives an analysis of the possible roles a teacher is supposed to take in an ELT class by dividing the class into three stages,presenting the practical approaches and procedures of teaching to develop students' communicative abilities.

Teacher's Role in Intercultural Language Education

Internationalization and globalization bring encounter of different languages and cultures.International and domestic researchers have been discussing the necessity of developing language learner's intercultural competence,due to the limitation of traditional communicative language education(Corbett,2003).This paper intends to illustrate the significance of teacher's role in developing intercultural competence.The author defines language teacher as active information provider,guide and intercultural learner.