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Teachers--who needs them?

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| March 22, 2003 | Finch, Andrew E. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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This purpose of this paper is to invite language teachers to look at their teaching practices, and to investigate whether they are promoting or hindering the process of learning. When we consider the importance of affect in the classroom, and the ways in which affective barriers to learning are set up, it becomes apparent that the classroom educator needs to be proficient in establishing a positive and productive learning environment, as well as being a "learning expert", empowering students in terms of self-direction, self-assessment, learner training, and self-access skills. Teachers thus have a very active role to play in learning, but this role is ...

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