A comparison of Teacher’s Traditional and Innovative Roles

Abstract

This paper aims at investigating and assessing various roles played by teachers of English as a foreign language (EFLTs) in the English classroom. The researcher divides these roles into two types. Traditional roles based on traditional methods of teaching such as lecture and discussion and the other innovative ones based on electronic learning due to the rabid evolution of technology and its influences in education and all aspects of community. This study highlighted the different roles that English teacher as a foreign language play in the classroom and the significance of innovating new ones that based on the rabid technological changes in the modern society and appropriate to the learners needs and interests. To collect the required data for this study the researcher conducted teachers questionnaire. The data was collected from secondary schools English male teachers in Asir province. Findings of this study revealed that English teachers as a foreign language should implement new innovative roles and functions in the classroom. The findings also indicated that there are great changes in the learners attitudes towards the learning of English language due to the educational technology. The study recommended that educators and syllabus designers must pay attention to the learners needs and interests when preparing plans and syllabus. It also recommended that English teachers as a foreign language must receive sufficient amount of training to implement new approaches techniques and teaching styles based on educational technology.