"First, changing ideas is the premise;
Secondly, establishing a new evaluation system is the key;
Thirdly, it is fundamental to build a team of high-quality teachers;
Fourthly, optimizing the teaching process is the core. "
As a middle school English teacher, the first thing to consider is: what qualities do high-quality teachers have?
How can I become a member of this high-quality team?
My experience is that middle school English teachers should have the following qualities:
1, ideological quality and physical and mental quality
Have a high moral level. Specifically, teachers are required to love the motherland, socialism and socialist education, have professionalism and dedication, love students, be fully responsible for students, abide by the law, behave in a civilized manner, be strict with themselves, be a teacher by example, and have a correct political attitude, world outlook, outlook on life and noble moral quality.
2. Solid professional knowledge
An English teacher, besides the teacher's professional ethics, the most important quality is English professional quality, which has a strong ability to use English. In other words, English teachers should at least have the literacy of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating. The ability of English teachers directly affects the quality of English classroom teaching. According to the English syllabus, the purpose of English teaching in middle schools is to "train students' listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities, cultivate students' ability to express themselves orally and in writing in English initially, and lay a solid foundation for further learning and using English. "The principle of English teaching in middle schools in China requires foreign language teachers to organize classroom teaching in English as much as possible, explain in English, and cultivate students' ability to think and express their thoughts in English. In addition, the modern communicative teaching method advocated by the new textbook has higher requirements for teachers to use English communicative competence. Therefore, in order to be competent in today's middle school English teaching, teachers must have excellent professional level, otherwise the quality of English teaching will not be improved, let alone cultivate high-quality English talents.
3. Rich teaching experience.
A foreign language teacher should not only have good professional quality, but also have the level of teaching theory and skilled teaching skills. Only in this way can teachers play an excellent and correct guiding role in teaching. The teaching methods we use in English teaching are not single. At present, there are many English teaching methods, such as audio-visual method, listening-speaking method, cognitive method and communicative method. The theoretical basis of these teaching methods is some psychological and educational theories. Therefore, each teaching method has its advantages. Only by learning these theories of foreign language teaching methods, absorbing their essence, combining theories with teaching experience and putting them into practice can middle school English teachers improve their teaching quality.
4, Chinese and foreign cultural knowledge quality
At present, the new English textbooks for middle and high schools have the characteristics of attaching importance to cultivating thoughts, emotions and improving cultural quality. The selected texts have a wide range of genres, involving Chinese and foreign cultural traditions, customs and habits, biographies of celebrities, traditional programs, health sports, learning methods, codes of conduct, social sciences, interpersonal relationships, environmental protection, entertainment activities, food culture, ecological balance, taboo humor, energy transportation and other topics. The teaching materials around these topics all reflect Chinese and foreign cultures. With a sense of the times, ideological and authenticity. This textbook vividly shows the differences between eastern and western cultures. Objective To help students understand the world correctly, improve their understanding of the language countries they are learning, develop their intelligence and improve their cultural quality. In order to give full play to the leading role in teaching, teachers must thoroughly understand the teaching materials and fully understand the humanistic knowledge and customs at home and abroad.
The topics of several units in the second volume of Senior Two are listed as follows. The main themes reflected are as follows: Unit 13 "Satellite" is an article to understand the knowledge and use of satellites and stimulate interest and love for space science and technology. Unit 17 Future Life looks forward to the future development of computers and energy conservation, arousing students' curiosity and understanding the cultural differences between the East and the West. In a word, every unit and theme of every new textbook pays attention to the infiltration of Chinese and western social and cultural knowledge, which requires teachers to strengthen their cultivation in this respect.
5. Ability and quality of using audio-visual teaching.
2 1 century is the era of high-tech development. With the development of modern high technology, modern teaching methods are widely used in English classroom teaching. For example, slide projectors, tape recorders, televisions, projectors and multimedia computers have become powerful tools to improve the teaching effect. At the same time, teachers are required to make simple teaching AIDS and operate audio-visual teaching equipment; Know computer and make courseware. The application of these modern teaching methods has created a certain foreign language environment for students, enhanced the realism of language communication, improved students' interest in knowledge and made classroom teaching more vivid. Therefore, English teachers must learn to skillfully use these modern teaching equipment, and should also know the basic knowledge of these modern teaching equipment in order to better serve quality education.
6. Basic qualities of sound, body, beauty and labor.
An English teacher with certain skills in music, physical education, art and labor can make classroom teaching active and arouse students' enthusiasm for learning English. If English teachers don't have a certain knowledge of labor technology and any practical experience in labor technology, then English classes can only be taught by the book, and teachers can't give full play to their guiding role and achieve the goal of quality education. Obviously, an extroverted, sports-loving, skillful teacher is easy to get along with his classmates and is better at communicating in various forms in English.
It is not difficult to find that today's middle school English teachers should be comprehensive talents with various developments in order to adapt to the development of the times.
In order to meet the needs of the ever-changing educational reform in the new century and cultivate innovative talents for the country, we need a team of high-quality teachers. In order to accomplish this historical mission, English teachers need to continue their education.