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The Teacher - what makes a good one?

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Harmer, J (1998) How to Teach English. Addison Wesley Longman. Chapter 1.
Kurtoglu Eken, D (2000) The "jizz" rainbow: a new challenge in teacher training. (The Teacher Trainers' SIG Newsletter 2/2000).

Teacher Roles

O'Neill, R (1991) The plausible myth of learner-centredness: or the importance of doing ordinary things well (ELT Journal 45/4).
Tudor, I (1993) Teacher roles in the learner-centred classroom (ELT Journal 47/1).
Wright, T (1987) The Roles of Teachers & Learners. Oxford University Press.

Performance Teaching

Crouch, C (1989) Performance Teaching in ELT (ELT Journal 43/2).
Harmer, J (1995) Taming the Big "I": teacher performance and student satisfaction. (ELT Journal 49/4).
Harmer, J (2001) The Practice of English Language Teaching 3rd edition. Chapter 4. Pearson Education Ltd.

Teacher as Teaching Aid

Amer, A (1997) The effect of the teacher's reading aloud on the reading comprehension of EFL students (ELT Journal 51/1).
Lowe, T (1985) Making Teacher talking time worthwhile (Modern English Teacher 12/1).

Teachers' Principles

Milton, M, Thwaite, A, Oliver, R, Hird, B & Breen, M (2000) 'I do it my way.' Where do teachers' principles come from? (Modern English Teacher 9/2).
Swan, J (1993) Metaphor in action: the observation schedule in a reflective approach to teacher education (ELT Journal 47/3).
Thornbury, S (1991) Metaphors we work by: EFL and its metaphors (ELT Journal 45/3).

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