the language teacher’s roles and the 21 st century classroom challenges
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UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE APĂRARE. THE LANGUAGE TEACHER’S ROLES AND THE 21 ST CENTURY CLASSROOM CHALLENGES. Luiza KRAFT, PhD “Carol I” National Defense University Bucharest, Romania. Agenda. Causes for teachers’ changed roles; A new kind of language teacher for the new teaching roles; - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE LANGUAGE TEACHER’S ROLES AND
THE 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM CHALLENGES
Luiza KRAFT, PhD
“Carol I” National Defense University
Bucharest, Romania
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Agenda
• Causes for teachers’ changed roles;
• A new kind of language teacher for the new teaching roles;
• Traditional professional qualities which are still being required;
• New professional qualities and competences;
• New roles and attitudes required from the 21st century language teacher;
• The increasing need for teacher training/development and professionalisation.
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What causes changed roles?
Different social, economic, political, strategic and cultural trends, e.g.
1) increasing internationalization of the economic activity;2) increased cross-cultural and cross-linguistic interaction
through tourism and virtual communication;3) increased mobility of labor;4) increased demand for modern languages as mediums
for everyday communication; 5) political decisions about the need for generalized
linguistic competence in at least one modern language, leading to:- multi-level teaching of target modern languages;- teaching of modern languages lower down the age range;
6) increased public interest in all professions including teaching.
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• Do we need a new kind of language teacher for the new teaching roles?
YES!
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• What kind of modern language teacher?
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• What traditional professional qualities are still being required?
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• proficiency in the target language (TL);
• knowledge of, and a positive attitude towards, the target culture;
• knowledge about language as a system and social construct, with particular reference to TL;
• knowledge of appropriate assessment techniques.
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New professional qualities
1. much more sophisticated and effective pedagogical skills;
2. much greater autonomy and self-direction in professional development;
3. greater ability to channel self-development through exploiting own professional practice;
4. sensitivity to pluricultural and multicultural issues and willingness to work in international programs;
5. ability to exploit and build on school and teaching experience.
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New qualities → new competences:
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Interculturalcommunication
skills
Computer literacy
Cultural literacy
Linguistic literacy
Critical literacy
Digital literacy
Scientific literacy
New competences
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New competences → new roles and attitudes
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Traditional roles of the foreign language teachers
• Experts in effective design and implementation of TL instruction and programs;
• Promoters of students’ cross-linguistic transfer;
• Developers of transferable learning strategies and academic skills.
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New roles:
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self-evaluator
evaluator
orchestrator
collaborator
designerof learning scenarios
researcher
(cultural) mediator
facilitator and guide
Teacher as
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Teachers as Cultural Mediators
• Today’s MELT teacher’s task is to “translate” or interpret new cultural learning to ease the military Ss’ adjustment to the multicultural environment in preparation for the current PSO’s worldwide;
• this also means that:• attention to specific cultural similarities and
differences in values, customs and traditions increases awareness of one’s own culture and the “new” culture;
• intercultural understanding and skills develop gradually along a continuum from “survival” to self-actualization.
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The need for teacher training/development
and professionalisation • practice-oriented training;• reflective practice, alongside with:
learner autonomy;
social and personal development;
intercultural competence.• reflective partnerships between teachers,
peer-mentoring, peer observation, peer teaching;
• team spirit and confidence.
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If you have questions,
I would be happy
to answer them!
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Thank you very much
for your attention!