1. Why God Made Teachers
When God created teachers,
He gave us special friends
To help us understand His world
And truly comprehend
The beauty and the wonder
Of everything we see,
And become a better person
With each discovery
When God created teachers,
He gave us special guides
To show us ways in which to grow
So we can all decide
How to live and how to do
What's right instead of wrong,
To lead us so that we can lead
And learn how to be strong
Why God created teachers,
In His wisdom and His grace,
Was to help us learn to make our world
A better, wiser place.
2. Why God made teachers?
PRESENTED IN A EACHER TRAINING
WORKSHOP
FROM-SADHNA PANDEY-VICE
PRESIDENT ACADEMICS
3. Once upon a time there
was a bunch of baby
frogs........
4. … participating in a
competition.
The target was to get to
the top of a high tower.
5. A crowd of people had gathered to observe
the race and encourage the participants.....
7. Quite honestly:
None of the onlookers believed that the baby frogs
could actually accomplish getting to the top of the
tower.
Words like:
"Åh, it’s too difficult!!!
They’ll never reach the top."
or:
"Not a chance... the tower is too high!"
8. One by one some of the baby frogs fell off…
...Except those who fastly climbed higher and
higher..
The crowd kept on yelling:
"It’s too difficult. Nobody is going to make it!"
9. More baby frogs became tired and gave up...
...But one kept going higher and higher.....
He was not about giving up!
At the end everybody had given up, except the one
determined to reach the top!
10. All the other participants naturally wanted to
know how he had managed to do what none
of them others had been able to do!
One competitor asked the winner, what was his
secret?
12. The lesson to be learned:
Don’t ever listen to people who are negative and
pessimistic...
…they will deprive you of your loveliest dreams and
wishes you carry in your hear!
Always be aware of the power of words, as everyting
you hear and read will interfere with your actions!
13. Therefore:
Always stay…
POSITIVE!
And most of all:
Turn a deaf ear when people tell you, that you
cannot achieve your dreams!
14. How to be a good teacher?
What makes a good teacher?
How should the teacher talk to the students?
How should the teacher give instructions?
Who should talk in class?
What are the best kinds of lessons?
16. What makes a good teacher?(2)
Representative answers of the students
1. They should should make their lessons interesting so that you don’t
fall asleep.
2. A teacher should love her job. If she really enjoys it, that’ll make the
lessons more interesting.
3. I like the teacher who has his own personality and don’t hide it from
the students so that he is not only a teacher but a person as well- and
it comes through the lessons.
4. I like teachers who has lots of knowledge, not only of his subject.
5. A good teacher is an entertainer and I mean that in a positive
sense, not a negative one.
17. What makes a good teacher?(3)
Representative answers
6. It is important that you can talk to the teacher when you have problems and
you don not get along with the subject.
7. A good teacher is … somebody who has an affinity with the students they
are teaching.
8. A good teacher should try and draw out the quiet and control the more
talkative ones.
9. She should be able to correct people without offending them.
10. A good teacher is … someone who helps rather than shouts.
11. A good teacher is … someone who knows our names.
Conclusion:
Good teachers care more about their students learning than they do about
their own teaching.
18. What is a best teacher?(4)
|Complete the following sentence about you
When I was at school, the best teacher
was…
The best teacher I ever met is …
The best English teacher is …
I think the best English teacher should be…
I want to be an English who …
19. What makes a good teacher(1)?
Rate the following teacher qualities in order of importance?
A. They are good looking.
B. They are entertaining.
C. They can control the class.
D. They give interesting classes.
E. They know their students.
F. They can keep control.
G. They prepare well.
H. They know their subject.
21. How should teachers talk to students(1)?
Rate the following statements:
A. A teacher should speak very slowly and clearly to their foreign-
language students.
B. Teachers should always use well-constructed sentences when
they speak to their students.
C. Teachers should speak to their students like parents talk to their
young children.
D. Teachers should speak normally to their students-as if they were
talking to their own friends.
E. Teachers should only say things to students which the students
will understand totally.
22. How should teachers talk to students?(2)
How do parents talk to their children?
A.They use more exaggerated tones of voice.
B. They speak with less complex grammatical structures.
C. They restrict their vocabulary.
D. They make more eye contact.
E. They use more body languages .
How do experienced teachers talk to the students?
A. They adapting their language to the level of the students.
B. They use physical movement.
C. They naturally show their happiness and sadness.
23. How should teachers give instructions?(1)
Which of the followings ,do you think, is good?
1. Now I want you to work in pairs…yes(gesturing)…that‟s right…you
two…you two…you two. Good. Now listen carefully. I want you to
read this text(holding up the book and pointing to it) on page 26 and
answer the questions…OK?
2. OK, this is the deal-and I hope you really enjoy this „cos I spent much
time planning it, you know? I thought you could probably solve access
this grammar problem yourselves, by looking it up in your book in
groups. OK?
3. (Sitting at desk) Open your books on page 26. What the answer to the
question 1?
4. (Hold up large picture)Right, we‟re going to do something a bit
different now. Now ask me questions about the picture(Pointing to the
picture)…questions with “what”…Anybody? Yes, Tim, please!
24. Who should talk in class?(1)
Choose the one which is suitable to you:
1. In class, I take up most of the time, reading, organizing and doing
explanations, but the students seem to have difficulty to
understand.
2. In class, in order to make the students do what I said, I have to use
Chinese regularly.
3. In class, my students occupy most of the class time, they have more
than 3 chances to practice(say) what they are required openly.
4. I usually offer some minutes to make the students to talk, but they
can not utter a word, let along to say a sentence or a paragraph.
5. It all depends what kinds of lessons I am conducting.
29. What is a best teacher?(4)
|Complete the following sentence about you
When I was at school, the best teacher
was…
The best teacher I ever met is …
The best English teacher is …
I think the best English teacher should be…
I want to be an English who …
