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Role of Advisors in Self-Access Centres vs Classroom Teaching

Explore the distinctions between advisor and teacher roles in self-access centers versus classrooms. Discover the unique skills, training, and strategies required for effective advising. References and insights on supporting independent learning.

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Role of Advisors in Self-Access Centres vs Classroom Teaching

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  1. HASALD Tuesday 26 October Is the role of the advisor in self-access centres essentially any different from that of the classroom teacher and do advisors require any training or skills different from those of a classroom teacher?

  2. A teacher has many roles. A teacher can be father, mother, judge, salesman, technician, librarian and more… Barnes, D. (1976). From Communication to Curriculum. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

  3. …it boils down to responding to students’ in-built needs as language users and language learners. Tudor, I. (1993). Teacher roles in the learner-centred classroom. ELT Journal , 47, 1.

  4. Harmer, J. (1983)The Practice of English Language Teaching.London: Pearson. Tudor, I. 1993. Teacher roles in the learner-centred classroom. English Language.Teaching Journal, 47, 1, pp. 22 31.

  5. Student contact Mentor Learning facilitator Student assessor Facilitator Teaching role model Curriculum evaluator Role model Assessor Teaching expertise Content expertise Information provider Planner Curriculum planner Lecturer Resource developer Course organiser Resource material creator Harden, R.M. & Crosby, J.R. (2000). An extended summary of AMEE Medical Education Guide No. 20. Medical Teacher, 22, 4, 334-347. Student at a distance

  6. Thoughts… A good teacher is a good teacher in all contexts? The TEFL teacher versus the university teacher? The 90s constructivist versus the direct method dinosaur? The encourager versus the assessor? Reciprocity versus transmission?

  7. Skill requirements • Listening / eliciting skills – e.g. need to elicit student beliefs about how they learn, their needs • Ability to set manageable goals with students • Avoiding imposing or prescribing solutions • Avoiding giving students short-term solutions

  8. Knowledge requirements • Language learning strategies • Manageable goals • Needs analysis • Self-access resources and how to use them

  9. Training Schemes – Mia Victori (2006) • Reading – seminal texts on self-access • Role of counselor and counseling skills • Self and peer observations • Learner-training seminars • Regular meetings with counselors

  10. References • Mozzon-McPherson, M. (2007) Supporting independent Learning environments: An analysis of structures and roles of language learning advisors. ScienceDirect System 35 (2007) 66-92 • Victori, M. (2007) The development of learners’ support mechanisms in a self-access center and their implementation in a credit-based self-directed learning program. ScienceDirect System 35 (2007) 10-31

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