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Title
Teachers as Evaluators: Teacher-based Language Assessment
Presenter
The Multiple Roles of EFL Teachers
Xue Hongguo
Northwestern Polytechnical University,
China
Abstract: This paper discusses the multiple roles of EFL teachers in online and multi-media assisted language teaching and learning settings. Based on classroom observations, questionnaires and interviews with English teachers and students at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), the paper discusses an empirical study of the many roles of EFL teachers in various settings.
Initially, the paper analyses the traditional Chinese expectations regarding the EFL teachers’ role. According to traditional views, EFL teachers are often perceived to be simply transmitting wisdom, imparting knowledge and solving problems. Next, the paper presents a detailed study of the current situation of college English teaching and learning as well as the challenges EFL teachers face in China. A new teaching reform, which particularly affects teaching and learning English as a second language, is underway in China. In addition, more and more colleges have adopted multi-media and internet assisted language teaching in their classrooms. Since students have more tools and channels to learn English, EFL teachers have to adopt new teaching methods and play multiple roles in teaching English.
Finally, the author explores the multiple roles EFL teachers take on, whether before class, in class or after class. Practical methods are suggested to help teachers shift their roles from traditional teaching and learning styles to multi-media assisted and online language teaching and learning settings. The paper argues that, in the new teaching and learning settings, teachers must be trained to also play the roles of a designer, instructor, organizer, assessor, coordinator and mediator.
Keywords: teachers’ roles, traditional teaching, multi-media,
online language teaching and learning
Bio data of the author：Xue Hongguo is an assistant professor in the college of
Humanities，Economics and Law at Northwestern Polytechnical University (Xi’an,
China). Her academic background involves teaching English as a second language.
Last year, she studied at Whitman College, Washington, USA for a year. Her present
research interests include second language acquisition, learner autonomy in language
learning, and technology in language learning as well as the comparative study of
Chinese and English.
College of Humanities，Economics and Law,
Northwestern Polytechnical University,
Dongxiang Road, Dong Da, Chang An District
Xi’an, China 710129
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