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"1. Flexibility . . . measures teachers level of flexibility in classroom context in general.
2. Anchoring . . . process by which an internal or external stimulus triggers a response
3. Elicitation . . . evoking a state by one`s behavior . . . gathering information by direct observation of non-verbal signals or by asking . . . questions.
4. Modeling . . . the process of presenting the new or difficult material in order to enable the students to accomplish a task
5. Individual differences . . . give every individual student in the classroom a sense of belonging by considering all of their points of view and ideas.
6. Leading . . . changing one's behavior with enough relationship to motivate the other person to follow you
7. Establishing rapport . . . the process of establishing and maintaining a mutual relationship full of trust and understanding between the teacher and the learners
8. Emotional and cognitive boosters . . . ability in bringing an emotional environment to evoke the learners' engagement . . . "
2, 3, 4 and 6 are especially relevant to body-based instruction. The others are just good communication, in general. And about the only way you can evaluate your work on those four criteria, other than filling out the questionnaire and asking a colleague who has observed you to confirm it, is to consistently review video of your teaching. So how do you look?
Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 909-917, July 2011 © 2011
Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 909-917, July 2011 © 2011
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