The Teacher is a
Person: Professional Qualifications and Personal Qualities
Fawzia Bouhass Benaissi
Djilali Liabès University, Algeria
Abstract
A major concern of
applied linguistics and foreign language methodology is to highlight what makes
“the good language teacher”. Lengthy lists of qualities may be proposed to teachers
with the aim of drawing their attention on what they should search for. The
assumption behind this paper is that no matter how academically equipped a
teacher may be, he can fail in his mission if he does not show some human
qualities necessary for sharing the learning/ teaching experience. Thus, this work
looks at the human dimension of the teacher as a highly influential factor in
the outcome of a classroom experience. In order to better comprehend what is at
stake two (02) groups of students (92 BA, and 44 Master) of the English
department, Djilali Liabès University in Algeria have been questioned. Most students (64% BA & 70% Master)
expressed their preferences for teachers who have a warm and nice personality
over competent, but distant teachers .Two personality assets proved to be
particularly desired namely generosity and empathy.
Keywords: Efficient teacher,
teacher personality, human characteristics, empathy, generosity
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