- Write a paragraph (300 words) relating these words: rapport, teacher`s roles, TTQ, TTT and STT.
When we talk about teaching, we have to take
into account some features: The roles of the teachers: Teachers should be able
to adopt a variety of roles within the classroom which facilitate learning.
Teachers need to switch between the various roles, judging when it’s appropriate. The
different roles are: Facilitator ,Controller, Prompter,Participant, Resource
and Tutor.
If the teachers wish to develop a good learning environment
in the classroom, they need to establish an appropriate relationship with their
students, called Rapport, that means the relationship that the students have with the teacher
and vice versa. So,
we can say that teacher's roles are related to rapport, because all of them
require an interaction between teacher and student.
Rapport also depends on the way that teachers interact with students. If
the interaction isn`t working well, their ability to help students to learn
will be seriously committed.
But also, establish a
relationship is important too. On most training courses a distinction is
made between student
talking time (STT) and teacher talking time (TTT). The last is important,because
talking is the better shape to be connected with the students . Also, TTT is related to the teacher's
roles, like Resource, Participant and Tutor, because these roles require a
connection between the teacher and students. It is the time that teachers spend
talking in class, rather than learners. Also, the quality is important (TTQ). It is the quality of
what we say that really counts. And as to when say it, that depends on how
students fits in, to get a better result in the activities and all the other
myriad aspects of the curriculum.
