On The Feelings Between The Teacher And The Students

【Summary】Each English teacher wants to teach his students very well. If he can learn how to use the feelings between the teacher and the students in his English teaching properly， he must make his students learn English more actively and fulfill his teaching work successfully. Now， I’d like to talk about this point from the following three aspects： the ways to use this feelings， how to develop the students′ feelings and principles to implement this feelings.

【Key words】Feelings； Ways； Developing； Principles

What are the feelings？ They refer to emotional side of a person’s nature. As you know， a person’s feelings are a kind of psychological phenomenon formed and changed afterwards. In the course of learning everything， the feelings are always following it. So we should pay attention to elaborating the use of the feelings.

The main forms of the feelings are the feeling and the sentiment. However， its weak and lasting state is called mental state. It affects a person’s action and feeling， and causes the psychological protective screen. If the teacher and the students don’t communicate with each other through the feelings. What the teacher wants to teach and the communicative activities done by the students are refused by their psychological protective screen. Thus， we’ll smooth away all kinds of psychological obstacles and get the expected effect.

Ⅰ. The ways to use the feelings of teaching

A. The teacher should have a good mood when entering the classroom.

The teacher may have a good mood of feelings when coming into the classroom. He should think very clearly and express himself orderly. He can also use his facial expressions. The students are affected by the teacher’s good mood. It may produce a sense of belief cordially. This can help the students listen to the teacher light-heartedly， and learn something with interest. If the teacher goes with the students very well， he will create a happy air in class.

B. The teacher should express feelings in some proper teaching gestures.

The teacher should stare at the students with a cordial and deep eyesight when having his class. So it can let them feel that their teacher is serious and kind， and will lead them to believe in and respect their teacher. Suppose the teacher is not concentrated on his students and has his class aimlessly， the students will think that their teacher is short of duty and is not easy to reach， they dare not turn to him for help. The students may consider that their teacher is depressed when he walks into the classroom wearing a long face or tightening his face， the students will talk to themselves and think that they may offend their teacher， whenever they will be criticized by him. However， the teacher walks unsteadily and doesn’t dress properly， they also consider him to be unbelievable. Besides， the teacher should always encourage them by patting some students’ shoulders or greeting them. Thus the teacher can not only teach a lot of knowledge to the students， but also possess a fine virtue.

C. The teacher should have feelings in correcting the students’ papers and homework.

The teacher must be careful to correct the students’ homework. He should point out where the mistakes are in their homework and tell the students how to do them correctly. The teacher should be clever at solving some difficulties and puzzles in the right time. He should have a lasting patience.

D. The teacher also pours into the feelings to the students out of class.

The teacher only knows how to communicate with the students in class and is not willing to talk to his students outside class. If they want to ask their teacher for help， he should answer them warmly in time. If not， this can harm the students’ self-respect， naturally can have a certain effect on his teaching. In my opinion， the teacher should know the students very well and always talks with them. It can make the students feel their teacher easy to reach and does good to his teaching.

Ⅱ. How to take special notice of developing the students’ feelings in the English teaching

Above all， the teacher should learn what the students need in order to develop their feelings. During the course of his English teaching， what the students need mainly has the need of communication， being respected by others， obtaining knowledge and skills， learning about the transnational culture and so on. So English teaching should do like this：

A. The teacher should develop democracy in his English class.

Remember， the students are the main body in his English teaching. For this reason， the teacher had better arouse enthusiasm of the students fully， give chances to them questioning， encourage them to do it， and let all have a say， not just one. The questions raised by the students， supposing they can get the correct answers through discussing， are not needed to answer by the teacher one by one. The teacher can’t stubbornly adhere to his opinions. If he does so， not only can it train the students’ ability to think over problems on their own， but it prevents them from producing the dependent mentality， so as not to make the students the position of acquiring knowledge passively. In class， the teacher does not often criticize the students and helps them patiently.

B. The teacher should treat the students equally without discrimination.

Some English teachers just love the “good” students， look down upon the ones with many difficulties. They can’t treat them equally. Then it can aggravate the polarization， add to their innermost burden so that they lose their confidence in learning English， even arousing their hostility to their teacher. In addition， some students are always speaking shyly， the ones with many difficulties are even so. Consequently， the teacher should have a pretty good idea of their students when questioning them in class. Questions put forward by the teacher can be easy or hard in order that he can have a definite object in view. If he does so， he can satisfy the thirst for knowledge of the “good” students， the ones with many difficulties will also be glad because of answering the teacher’s questions. If questions posed by the teacher to the students with many difficulties are so hard that they can think that the teacher makes things difficult to them. If they are not questioned by the teacher， this can make them misunderstand that the teacher can drift them apart deliberately. Therefore， in order to have the students with many difficulties balance in the heart， the teacher has to strive for his working methods.