The Ideal Teacher Profile

Shopping.

Clothes and Fashion.

Painting.

Sports and Games.

What are the most popular sports nowadays? What is the most popular game in your country (in Britain, in the USA)? What summer / winter sports do you prefer? Why? Many sports ate exhausting and often painful. Why do you think people accept and even enjoy this? Violent and dangerous sports should be banned by law, shouldn’t they? Why do you like / dislike watching sports events on TV? Why do you think people’s interest in watching sport is so great?

Who are your favourite artists? Why do you like their work? What kind of pictures would you like to have decorating your sitting-room? Comment on the technical side of your favourite painting: its genre, subject, composition, form, technique, style, light and shade effects, and its emotional impact. What was the latest art exhibition that you visited? Have you been to any well-known museums / art galleries in this country / abroad?

Do you think “style” and “fashion” are synonyms? Do you think clothes reveal character? How fashion-conscious are you? What is your favourite style in clothes? Do you think it is psychologically important to be well-dressed? Would you agree that new fashions are created for the commercial exploitation of women? What are the attitudes to fashion in different cultures? Are the British fashion-conscious? Are Belarussians fashion-conscious?

Do you like shopping? Why? Why not? What kind of shopper are you? What do you know about the art of the buying? Have you ever bought a pig in a poke? Whom do you consider an extravagant shopper?

What types of shops do you know? Do you prefer to do your shopping in specialist shops or big stores and supermarkets? Why? Do you prefer self-service or counter service?

Wh at makes a good foreign language teacher? Which is more important: linguistic skills/ knowledge of the subject or professional,knowledge and classroom management skills – e.g. organisation, lesson cohesion, pacing of activities, teacher-student interaction? Do you think that a good teacher is the one who has an inborn gift for teaching / a vocational call or can the skill of teaching be taught? What qualities can a language teacher acquire through education and training? What are the most important elements of professional competence: the ability to plan and execute lessons, to develop supplementary materials and tests, the awareness of current approaches and teaching techniques, positive attitude towards continuous professional development, something else? What personal qualities are essential in a language teacher: a good sense of humour, care for people, a charismatic personality, dedication to the job, enthusiasm, ability to empathise with students, intelligence, determination, flexibility? Why? What do you enjoy most about teaching?

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