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Are you an Excellent ESL Teacher?

An excellent teacher teaches with love and respect. Such a teacher is sympathetic to students and cares about them. 

Here are the basic features of an excellent teacher:

Patient and Sophisticated
An excellent teacher does not exhibit anger, rage, and exasperation. Tolerance and steadiness demonstrate an exceptional character in a teacher that is an example to all students.

Inspires and Motivates
An excellent teacher inspires learners to develop their lifetime study and research skills; because the teacher himself is a lifelong learner. When the students graduate from the university, they continue studying and showing their interest in the ideas and concepts that were explained by the teacher.

Arouses Creativity and Develops Critical Thinking Skills
An excellent teacher inspires with his ideas and stimulates creativity and critical thinking. His students learn by doing.

An Excellent Teacher is an Expert in his Profession
He knows his subject very well,  uses modern methodologies, spends a lot of time on his professional development. 

An Excellent Teacher is Honest and Fair to his Students
The great teacher paraphrases complicated topics in an accessible way. Also, the great teacher never tells lies and is never pompous, self-important or rude.

An Excellent Teacher is Helpful and Considerate
The teacher is kind not only to his or her best friends but also to each student, colleague, and students’ parents. The teacher’s kindness and generosity help students feel supported, protected, and loved. 

An Excellent Teacher is Consistent
The teacher is organized and can formulate his objectives sharply. He enters the classroom well-prepared and is never late. Such a teacher conducts lessons in a planned, understandable and well-structured way.

Nice Personality
The excellent teacher treats all people nicely not because they are nice but because the teacher himself is a nice person. Such a teacher affects the students with his or her unique behavior and acts as a role model.

Assertive, Positive Attitude
The teacher’s positive attitude inspires students to study better, gives them moral support and spiritual strength. An excellent teacher can produce a remarkably productive and optimistic impact on the students’ performance.