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The Role of EFL Teachers in Primary Schools under the New Curriculum Standard Environment in China

Jing Li, Huijiao Huang

Abstract


The aim of the study is to explore EFL teacher’s perception of their roles in the classroom. Four EFL primary teachers in China were interviewed. The results show that the main roles teachers perceive are organizer, manager, facilitator, participant and evaluator. However, teachers perform the roles of organizer, manager and evaluator well, while the roles of the participant and facilitator are performed poorly.

Keywords


The New Curriculum Standard; EFL Teachers; Roles of the teacher

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i20.6433

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