What Other Attributes Must A Good Teacher Have?


The teacher has to exploit his/her talents as a visual teaching aid to incorporate mime, gesture and expression to convey meaning and atmosphere in the classroom.

Language modeling is important as students may find video and audio recordings difficult to understand.

Teacher Talking Time (TTT) should be used productively and the importance of our voices never under-estimated.

Observation skills in assessing student performance and progress are also vital.

Teachers must be culturally aware e.g. Japan has a masculine collective culture, virtually all classes are monolingual, long-term oriented with a high degree of uncertainty avoidance.