The teacher as a controller

The teacher as a controller is teacher who controls the whole activity in the class during
the teaching and learning activity, including the language and students’ behavior which
happend in the classroom.
The teacher as an assessor
The teacher as an assessor is teacher who assesses the activity of students during the
teaching and learning process
The teacher as an organizer/manager
The teacher as organizer/manager is teacher who manages all the elements that involved
in teaching and learning activity.
The teacher as a prompter/motivator
The teacher as prompter/motivator is a teacher who is able to give encouragement or
motivation to the students in teaching and learning process.
The teacher as a participant
The teacher as participant means that the teacher participates in some activities in the
class during the teaching and learning process.
The teacher as a resource/informer
The teacher as resource/informer is a teacher who becomes the resource of information
relate to the development of knowledge and technology. Furthermore, the teacher also
should be ready in helping the students when he or she is needed.
The teacher as a facilitator
The teacher as facilitator means that the teacher gives good services to the students such
as giving the chance for each student in doing activities and also prepares facilities to
support the teaching and learning activity. In other words, the teacher can ease the
students to study.
The teacher as a demonstrator
The teacher as a demonstrator means that, the teacher shows everything well. Here, this
can be divided into two things. The first is connected with the attitudes and behavior. The
second is connected with how the teacher delivers explanation or gives instructions in
teaching.
The teacher as a guide
The teacher as a guide means that the teacher directs and keeps the students to the good
things and directions.
UNDERSTANDING TEACHERS’ AND LEARNERS’ ROLES

Understanding teachers’ and learners’ roles will help teachers create more effective
learning environment. Traditional view of teaching might see teachers mainly as source
of information, so their roles are mostly as informer. In this constantly changing world,
there are different ways of teaching and teachers may play different roles. The
development of technology enables teachers to facilitate learning through internet.
Teacher can also teach without meeting students. They can have conferences through the
internet.
Teachers’ Roles
To promote joyful learning, teachers should play their different roles in the proper time.
The roles that the teachers might perform are as planner, diagnostician, informer,
resource, parent/friend, manager, involver, and also monitor. Watkins (2005) and Spratt,
et.al (2005) mention teachers’ roles as a planner, a manager, an informer, a monitor, a
diagnostician, an assessor, an involver, a parent/friend, a facilitator and a resource person.
1) Planner
prepares and thinks through the lesson in detail before teaching it so that it has
variety and there are appropriate activities for the different learners in class.
2) Diagnostician
recognizes the cause of learners’ difficulties.
3) Informer
gives the learners detailed information about the language or about an activity.
4) Resource
provides the learners with help and advice.
5) Parent/Friend
comforts learners when they are upset or unhappy.
6) Manager
organizes the learning spaces, makes sure everything in the classroom is running
smoothly and sets up rules and routines for behavior.
7) Involver
makes sure all the learners are taking part in the activities
8) Monitor
goes around the classroom during individual, pair, and group work activities,
checking learning.