Professional Development And Continuous Training Of English Teachers

Abstract

Teachers have to, permanently, update their information and invest in their professional development. My article focuses on the challenges that English teachers face when teaching such a popular foreign language. These challenges are the same for the English teachers who are non-native speakers of English and teach English as a foreign language as well as for the English teachers who are native English. To know English does not necessary mean you can teach it to others. The teaching process is a complex one and every English teacher should update and improve his/ her teaching methods periodically. This entire ongoing teacher learning process is meant to help English teachers keep up with certain factors that may influence the students’ needs and expectations from an English class/ course. These factors can be: multicultural social environments, volatile job market and the evolution of technology. Teaching English as a foreign language is an interesting career because it gives teachers the possibility to prepare future generations for a world in which English language seems to have gained its supremacy. This career is suited for those who are willing to test and apply interactive teaching methods as well as for those who are aware of the fact that professional development and continuous training and study represent an important aspect.