I believe that people learn through experience. A teacher’s role is to
1. Proved learners with the chances to communicate with their classmate in English.
2. Make learners feel enjoyments to learn.
3. Teach with some gestures and correct pronunciation in English and use simple words.
4. Understand the process of student’s thought and their English level.
These roles are important. I think the big goal for students is to understand and use English, so teacher have to consider the lesson plans for their skills up; what activity is the best? what teaching materials is better? Learners don’t always understand teacher’s instruction in English. It is not good for them to instruct too much Japanese. Then, teacher should use gestures and simple English through communication, sometimes it needs to speak Japanese in order to understand deeply for students. Of course teacher must do the correct pronunciation and grammar, thus teacher should be a model for students.
Lastly, reflection on our teaching is the most important to make a better lesson. So I learn from our teaching experiences with my teaching philosophies.