Directors

Conductors grasp the general situation of classroom teaching, while the roles of
directors are shown in different activities of teaching. Oral classroom teaching is
different from writing and reading. It requires students to take part in various
activities to achieve different purposes. So how to design activities and how to
carry them out have been the questions for teachers to act into the role of directors,
arranging roles according to different teaching activities. For example, in Spoken
English Course Volume III Unit 3 Part-time Job, teachers can design an activity of
finding a job and doing interviews, with two students being the interviewers and
some being the interviewees. Students should be divided into groups. Finally, the
best group should be selected. In this activity, teachers act as directors, assigning
roles, designing situations, and solving problems occurring during the activity. In
this way, students’ ability to express themselves orally in English can be improved.
As directors, teachers should also discover and develop roles besides organizing
and coordinating. They should discover the advantages and shortcomings of students
so that they encourage students to develop advantages and overcome
shortcomings, which can help students to develop themselves comprehensively.