quarta-feira, 26 de novembro de 2008

The 21st century English Teacher

Why does learning English have to be so harsh? Why do students have to sacrifice themselves to learn something they don't want to? Why do some English Teacher still think that knowledge is everything they need to be teachers?
The answer to these questions, my fellow reader, is found in old-fashioned English teaching. Speaking English is not part of knowledge, like you learn Geography or Maths, it is an ability just like you learn riding a bike, playing soccer and other activities. People who play soccer well, or play the guitar like professionals, learnt how to do it because they enjoyed what they were doing. Some of them were born with a natural talent to some activities, as others had to train harder to become what they've become. Learning English is just like that, people learn it when they learn to like it, to enjoy it, to feel the passion for it. And that, my fellas, is the mission of an English Teacher. Not to speak properly, to conjugate the irregular verbs in the Past or stop using "because" in questions instead of "why"but simply transfer to them the love and passion we teachers have for it. By doing so, we will help them in their firsts steps like babies learning to walk, after that they can walk by their own free to walk, run or jump wherever they want to go. That's what 21st century teachers have to do.