Emotional Commitment

Teaching is not a desk job. It requires you to "put yourself out there" and be on each day. Great teachers emotionally commit to their subject matter and their students. Realize that students seem to feel a sense of "ownership" over their teachers. They assume that you are their for them. They assume that your life revolves around them. It is not uncommon for a student to be surprised to see you behaving normally in everyday society. Further, depending on the size of the town where you will be teaching, you need to understand that you will be running into your students pretty much everywhere you go. Thus, expect somewhat of a lack of anonymity in the community.

Discussion:

1. Do you feel concerned about the issues mentioned in the article?

2. What other problems can you come across in the teaching profession?

3. What hardships did you have during your first student teaching?

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. student teaching ( Am.E ); student teacher; teaching practice ( Br.E)

2. teacher training- deals with the basic teaching skills and techniques, typically for novice teachers in a preservice education programme. These skills include such dimensions of teaching as preparation lesson plan, classroom management, teaching the four skills (i.e. reading, writing, listening, speaking), teaching practice, etc.

3. to do practical teaching as part of one's training

Educator

Educationist

A regular teacher

7. a substitute teacher = substitute = sub ( Am.E); substitute teaching;

8. a qualified teacher; a veteran teacher; a form/a class teacher; a newly assigned teacher; a beginning teacher

To be appointed to a school

10. to begin the routines, e.g. I began the routines that I had planned for the first few minutes of class; These are the routines which are set down by the school .

To have an institute supervisor

To dread the visits of your supervisor

To have formal observation lessons

14. to be observed by your supervisor, peers, etc.

To ask for advice from teachers

To consult teachers in the school

20. to familiarize oneself with sth., e.g. You will need to familiarize yourself with the work being done by children and the text-books and materials they are using.

To provide support and advice

To submit the plan ( the outline) of the lesson to your supervisor

23. teaching techniques, e.g. to give useful recommendations about teaching techniques

18.to develop one's teaching skills

19. to assess sb.'s teaching practice

Teaching objective

21. a method/style of teaching

22. to be sb.'s fault

To find fault with sb.

24. fault, faultless, e.g. It's your fault we're late; a faultlesslesson( perfect, having no mistakes).

To have discipline problems

To establish contact with pupils

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