THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY ENGLISH

TEACHERS IN THE EFL/BILINGUAL

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Alexander Saray Rodrguez

Miguel Martinez

Magister en TESOL Candidates Universidad UNINI

Aspect to Consider When

Assessing Teachers

English Proficiency,
Pedagogical Knowledge,
Organization and Communication Skills
Social-affective Skills

Aspect to Consider When

Assessing Teachers

Colombian teachers proficiency

Teacher training
Teacherease
Situations beyond the classroom

English Language Proficiency

It

means the teachers English level. As we

know, there are different references of
language according to CEF, going from A1
(Breakthrough) to C2 (Mastery)

English Language Proficiency

From

the formals of language that a teacher

needs to master, phonetical phonological,
syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
Not only does the teacher need to consider
what his/her students insights are towards this
regard, s/he needs to self assess the linguistic
background.

English Language Proficiency

From Krashens comprehensible input, to whatever
advance structure the teacher is to use in class, there
is always a need to stand out, be a role model and
demonstrate how possible it is to achieve language
goals.
The university professor needs to have a wide range
of words and repertoire in order to select and evolve
his discourse according to the class/institution needs.

Pedagogical Knowledge
It refers to an appropriate pedagogical
lesson/class made by the teacher, relying on
teaching methods, strategies or using of tools in
the ESL classroom.

Pedagogical Knowledge
The use of strategies, classroom management,
knowledge of the different methods and
techniques as well as the dealing with students
needs at the university level is crucial in order to
make students feel the sense of progress and
usefulness of the language items being taught.

Communication Skills and

Organization
This

one is related to getting in contact with

people; an appropriate communication is well
seen due to the fact that it could be the main
channel of interaction.

Communication Skills and

Organization
A

well and proficient communicator is a well

instructor. Therefore, there is a clear need for
professors to keep teacherease at its
maximum. EFL teachers are to be on top of
every single aspect of the classroom
experience,
demonstrating
classroom
management, adaptability and some teacher
roles to make learning processes easy.

Social-affective Skills
This

lies in the importance of English teachers

and their demonstration of tolerance and
respect towards students. It also shows the
rapport and skills the teacher has to interact
with his class and with every individual
considering learning style, cognitive model or
type of intelligences.

Evaluation Criteria in Context.

CATEGORY

English
Proficiency
Language
Pedagogical
Knowledge
Communication
skill
and
Organization
Socio-affective

X LEVEL
IMPORTANCE

OF RANK

4.08

high

4.09

high

4.32

high

4.24

high

Test Taking Skills

With

the advent of language testing in order to

obtain a scholarship, a degree or a job, there
are some specific strategies that have become
crucial for teachers to work on in order to help
students achieve the previously mentioned
goals.