CHAPTER 2

TEACHER’S ROLE AND COMPETENCES

A. Description
This topic will cover the important thing of teacher’s role and competence in teaching
language process. Besides preparing lessons, grade papers, and manage the classroom, s/he
is also as a multifaceted profession such as counselor, role model, planner, and many more.

B. Relevance
This chapter will assist students with making connections and therefore finding meaning
through an educational process. Making this process a reality, means that education should
be student centered. the actual role played by a teacher in teaching learning situation,
evaluate the role of teachers in managing teaching situation, identify the problems involved
in teaching learning situation by the teacher, suggest solutions to the problems involved in
managing teaching learning situation.

C. Learning Objectives
Students are able to:
- Identify the role and competencies of a TEFL teacher.
- Elaborate the role and competencies of a TEFL teacher.
- Distinguish the role and competencies of a TEFL teacher.

D. Teaching Material:

Teacher’s Role is a method of teaching that utilizes techniques of drama to

facilitate education. It is a holistic teaching method designed to integrate critical thought,
examination of emotion and moral values and factual data to broaden the learning experience and
make it more relevant to everyday life situations.
Teacher in role with student on
computer

If the role of a teacher is to

teach, the role of a student must be
to learn. However, it has been agreed
that learning is not only an exercise
in reading and reciting facts, but in
gaining a deeper insight of events
and situations. This is where drama
becomes an invaluable tool. Through the use of drama and dramatic conventions a teacher does
not only teach and learn the "what" but also the "why" and "how".
Drama techniques in education allows students to take a step back out of usual teaching
techniques. Students are able to communicate better in conceptual, personal and social levels as
they are able to be a listener and speaker and reviver of knowledge. By using role-play, the
teacher gives them a way to view and think about a situation using the "implied" behavior for the
role they are given. Also in turn, the teacher can allow the students to become in charge of their
own learning and facilitate them in it. We empower the individual making their expertise greater
than our own. Through role-playing, they gain knowledge of what the role entails.
"Teacher in role" strategy allows students to build there imaginary further while questioning,
challenging and processing their thoughts. Whilst gaining knowledge it also improves personal
social techniques in students like eye contact and gestures. They adopt to different characters
personalities and communicate that to the class, teachers are able to protect any sense of failure
by encouraging and supporting any type of work and what they came up with, as every student
has a different mind.
One of the best teacher in roles practices in a TV talk show interviewing various people
from educational books/stories. Whilst students are teaching they are also learning themselves
whilst getting a complete different way of learning. Children like when things are interesting, fun
and different, drama techniques in education provides fun although still educational purposes.
Identification of the Roles of the Teacher

Identification of the roles of the teacher The 12 roles described in the model presented have
been identified from three sources: · from an analysis by the authors of the tasks expected of the
teacher in the design and implementation of a curriculum in one medical school (Harden et al.,
1997); · from a study of the diaries kept by 12 medical students over a three-month period and an
analysis of their comments as they related to the role of the teacher; · from the literature relating
to the roles of a teacher identified in Medline and the TIME (Topics In Medical Education)
database and from medical education texts including Cox & Ewan (1988) and Newble & Cannon
(1995). The six areas of activity of the teacher can be summarized as:
1. The teacher as information provider;
2. The teacher as role model;
3. The teacher as facilitator;
4. The teacher as assessor;
5. The teacher as planner;
6. The teacher as resource developer.

In this section we explore each of the 12 roles identified in more detail.

The Information Provider

(a) The lecturer
Traditionally students expect to be taught. They believe that it is the responsibility of the teacher
to pass on to them the information, knowledge and understanding in a topic appropriate at the
stage of their studies. This leads to the traditional role of the teacher as one of provider of
information in the lecture context. The teacher is seen as an expert who is knowledgeable in his
or her field, and who conveys that knowledge to students usually by word of mouth. In
transmitting the knowledge, the teacher may also assist the student to interpret it using one of a
variety of educational strategies that the teacher explains the subject matter to the student (Brown
& Atkins, 1986). Despite the availability of other sources of information, both print and
electronic-including exciting interactive multimedia learning resource materials, the lecture
remains