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becausetheprincipalpurposewasgainingaccesstoteachers’personaltheories
withaviewtoseeinghowchangeableorunchangeablethesystemofthinking
hasbeen.Asaresult,onlyoneteacherwascontacted;thepracticalpartofthis
bookisbasedonstudyingheranewandcreatingaprofileofaneffectivelan-
guageteacheroverthecourseofadecade,whichwillinturnprovide
aframeworkforproposingsomerecommendationsconcerningeducational
policychoicesandexpectationsheldofalanguageteacherof2010s.
Chapter1showshowthenotionoftheeffectiveteacherhaschanged.
Differentapproachestolanguageteachingarebrieflypresented,withan
emphasisonteachereffectivenessasunderstoodinaparticularapproach.
Thechapterisalsoconcernedwithvariousstudiesinvestigatinggood
teachercharacteristics.
Chapter2outlinesthemostimportantcompetenciesofthelanguage
teacherandpresentstheauthor'sclassificationoftheconstituentsofeach
competency.Thecompetenciessharedtoagreaterorlesserdegreebyall
teachersofaforeignlanguage,willserveasareferencepointforthepracti-
calchapter.
Chapter3isconcernedwithlanguageteachers’beliefs.Theareasof
teachers’personaltheories,togetherwiththeircomponents,arespecified.
Typesofteachercompetences,supposedtobeuniquetoaparticularforeign
languageteacher,willbealsoreferredtointheempiricalpart.
Chapter4presentsanddiscussesastudyconductedontheteacherof
EnglishinPolandwhowasconsideredeffectiveinherprofessionalenvi-
ronmentalmosttenyearsago.Asnotedabove,herpresentpersonaltheories
areexaminedagainandcorrelatedwithlanguageteacher’scompetencesand
systemsofbeliefs,asspecifiedinChapters2and3.Inthisway,anupdated
profileofaneffectiveEnglishlanguageteacherinPolandisobtained.
Finally,theconclusionhighlightstheobjectivesandfindings,andoffers
somerecommendationsforthosewhoaimatoptimisingtheprofessional
effectivenessofforeignlanguageteachersinPoland.
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