Many people in the world use English as international language or global language. Wherever they travel, they see English signs and advertisement. Whenever they enter an abroad hotel or restaurant, they will understand English, and there will be English menu. Because of that, teaching English is very important to develop English ability of the students. It means each teacher must be able to be a good English teacher. Being a good English teacher is an interesting and exciting job in the world. Many people in the world agree that being a good English teacher is useful in everything for the students because it does not only transfer the knowledge, but also it gives the rule of life, and it is not as easy as people think. There are many things that people have to concern, such as having sufficient proficiency in English, having good attitude, and teaching with love.
There are several proficiencies in English that teacher has to have. Firstly, teacher has to consider about English speaking ability. When teacher speaks English, the accuracy of pronunciation must be focused on. Especially for teaching in elementary school, teacher must have a good pronunciation because the student of elementary school can easily and extremely remember sounds and words. If teacher gives the wrong pronunciation, the student will remember that until the student grown up. Secondly, it is about grammar. The ability of using grammar should be understood by teacher. A good English teacher can elaborate the sentences well, for making the various sentences that teacher provides to the students can understand the sentences deeply; therefore, they will not get bored. Thirdly, the writer will discuss about teacher’s reading’s skill. Teacher enables to read the materials comprehensibly, for the materials must be read and comprehended by teacher, so that the students will get the materials completely. We can conclude that there are three things in the proficiencies in English, such as speaking ability, understanding grammar, and reading skill.
Next, teacher extremely requires some good attitude. First, formal dress is essential to have a gracious appearance. It means that teacher has to wear a tidy formal shirt, a good black slack, a formal belt, a pair of loafers, and a standard tie. Teacher also has the standard haircut and the clean tidy nails. Later, teacher should have the equitable behaviors. Those behaviors involve good, fair, wise, and honest. Those are very essential, for absolutely, teacher will have many problems in the classroom or outside the classroom; consequently, the equitable behaviors are needed to solve those problems. Then, the major thing that teacher has to concern. Sociolinguistic competence is needed making a great relationship with citizens of school. Teacher has to be aware about the environment, such as the culture, the mores, and the decorum, for every environment in this world is different; accordingly, teacher must know and follow every rule in that environment obediently. It means that teacher not only has a great relationship with the students but also the citizens of school. Based on that statements, three things that teacher has to worry, are having a gracious appearance, having the equitable behaviors, and getting sociolinguistic competence.
The last, a good point in being a good English teacher is teaching with love that has various ways to do it. First, absolutely, teachers must love their students. Teachers have to accept the weakness and the strength of the students, and teachers do not make a different treatment between one to the other students. Second, it deals with knowing all of the student characteristics. It is very useful for what handling that teachers should use to each student if one of the students has a problem. Moreover, with knowing the student characteristics, teachers will know how to love the students. Third, do not make the students nervous. Teachers have to make sure that every single student does not feel strained, for it can produce the fears as the result the materials cannot enter easily to the students, and it may make the students do not want to be taught by the same teacher. From the statements above, the concluding of the ways in teaching with love are loving your student, knowing the student characteristics, and making the student enjoy.
Those are the small fractions of being a good English teacher that teachers have to concern. If they do not realize about those things, there will be many problems that come to the teachers, students, and citizen of school, and it will be better if teachers can improve those rules well so that they not only being a good English teacher but also a great English teacher.
