Abstract:
This paper discusses the characteristics of effective EFL teachers among EFL teachers in universities of China. A definition of effective EFL teaching was given upon the conceptualization of teaching process. Teaching process could be interpreted as a way of communication and a procedure of social construction, thus an effective teacher could be the one who delivers efficient communication and the one scaffolding knowledge in a constructive way. EFL teaching is different from teaching of other subjects and the distinguished characteristics of language teachers were summed up from several factors. In university setting of China, the characteristics of effective EFL teachers may comprise the facets of effective teaching, the challenge of teaching a foreign language, and the ability to develop professionalism in a Chinese University context. According to research literature, the profile of effective Chinese university EFL teacher's professionalism develops from four dimensions. A discussion on the common and unique characteristics of effective EFL teachers and was made, thus to provide a more genuine description of characteristics of effective EFL teachers in the social-cultural context of China. |
