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13 - Relationships and Good Language Teachers

from Part II - Classroom Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Sarah Mercer  and
Christina Gkonou
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

Relationships are the focus of Chapter 13. The authors describe the reasons for considering teachers’ relationships with learners as a key feature of good language teachers, and they report on interview data from three teachers in Austria who discuss their beliefs and experiences about these relationships.

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relationshipsemotional regulationsocioemotional competence
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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 164 - 174
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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