This role can be assumed formally - as when the teacher evaluates learners in a progress test - or informally - as when s/he responds to a learner's utterance with a "good" or a correction
Assessor (or Evaluator)
This is when the teacher is forming pairs and groups, giving and checking instructions, allotting and controlling the time allowed, making sure learners are on task and everyone is participating, etc.
Activity manager
As the course progresses the teacher will be reflecting on how successful it is.
Course evaluator
responsible not just for teaching the language but also as a developer of the child's knowledge and social, emotional and cognitive skills
Educator
when s/he does not "tell" the learners directly what s/he wants them to know but leads them to discover it for themselves
Facilitator
when s/he gives the learners information that they did not previously have
Informer / Knower / Expert / Information Source
The teacher is acting as a _______________ every time she opens her mouth in the classroom!
Language Model
By reflecting on what happens in lessons, the teacher should constantly be learning more and more about the teaching and learning process.
Learner
In this role the teacher will help learners to identify their strengths and weaknesses and to decide on a study plan or study strategies to compensate for the weaknesses and obtain the goals they are working towards.
Learning Counsellor
As the learners are working on tasks, the teacher should be looking at/listening to how well they are doing it in order to make decisions about what should happen next.
Monitor
The teacher is acting as _____________ if s/he is responsible for any of the following: a) the course syllabus , b) the selection or creation of the course materials; c) the design of individual lesson plans.
Planner
