Controlling the group dynamic; deciding on interaction patterns; demonstrating tasks and activities; developing rapport; encouraging learners; giving instructions; motivating learners; praising learners...
Planner
Resource
Participant
Controller
Personalising, contextualising, eliciting, clarifying, explaining, modelling language; correcting learner language; consolidating learner language; providing language input
Manager
Language resource
Participant
Narrator
Developing learner autonomy; enabling learners to fulfil their potential; helping learners to access resources; providing opportunities for individual learning
Planner
Prompter
Teaching Aid
Facilitator
Evaluating learners’ needs and difficulties
Diagnostician
Prompter
Giving learners advice on difficulties they may have outside of their classroom; showing understanding of issues learners may bring to the classroom from outside
Monitor
Counsellor
Resource
Participant
Putting forward ideas or information other than language, e.g. participating in discussions
Prompter
Participant
Controller
Resource
Evaluating learners’ performance, behaviour, effort and contribution; checking understanding; testing learner progress and level; providing feedback on work, progress, behaviour and contribution
Assessor
Resource
Facilitator
Controller
Observing and collecting information about learner performance, behaviour, contribution and effort and progress; keeping a written record of learners’ work
Counsellor
Diagnostician
Contributor
Monitor
Thinking about their performance; thinking about learners’ progress
Participant
Faciliator
Prompter
Reflector
Anticipating problems; deciding on a methodology for lessons; designing and adapting texts and materials; preparing texts and tasks for learners; selecting materials and texts for lessons
Prompter
Resource
Facilitator
Planner
Telling stories and telling learners about things that have happened
Prompter
Resource
Narrator
Tutor
