Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: The recent interest shown in learner-centeredness in teaching English as a foreign\nlanguage (EFL) in Japan revolves around a redefinition of the roles of students and teachers.\nIn the learner-centered EFL classroom students are seen as being able to assume a more\nactive and participatory role than is usual in the traditional teacher-centered EFL\nclassroom. This paper is concerned with a parallel redefinition of teacher roles in learnercentered\ncommunicative EFL instruction. Teachers need to welcome their new functions\nas facilitators, information-gatherers, decision-makers, motivators, counselors and so on.\nBecoming an EFL teacher and teaching in a confident, competent, creative and ethical\nmanner is a challenging and complex learning process, where teachers can learn from their\nteaching experiences, question the educational values, evaluate their own practice and\ndevelop their teacher-learner autonomy.
Authors: Kojima, Hideo, Kojima, Yuko
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6987523150