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