How does the teacher’s role as a figure of authority affect students’ willingness to speak or challenge ideas? (4 marks) by Aireen Aina Bahari

2025-05-26 03:34:51 UTC

Teacher has the power in controlling the communication in the class. For instance, teacher can ask a question to anyone she or he wants in the class by targeting students that are not good. Besides that, teacher can also playing a big role as the students guidance by correcting errors without discouraging them. For example, teacher can reformulating a student's incorrect sentence instead of directly pointing out the error.

2025-05-26 03:43:49 UTC

Teacher act as the person who control the communication in class. For example, the teacher has the power to choose a quiter student to answer a qurstion ratger than just ask tge whole class. Besides that, teacher also can trigger students' mind by using elicitation techniques. Teacher can ask the students open-ended questions to drawing out students responses. Teacher can ask a question like "Why do you think that way?" instead of "Is that correct?".