The first tip to be a good teacher is teacher has to master the basic English skills to teach English. There are four basic English skills. First, speaking is one of the English skills, so teacher should be able to master speaking skill. It is because the students learn how to speak well from their teacher. Teachers need this skill when teachers want to explain about the materials. It can help teacher to make a good communication with students, so students can understand what their teacher mean. Second, listening skill also must be mastered by teacher in teaching process. Teachers need this skill to understand what students are saying. By this skill, teacher can also teach students how to be a good listener. Third, teacher should be able to master reading skill too. It is because teacher must teach students how to read well, so it can make students to be a good reader. Fourth, writing as the last skill in teaching English must be mastered by teacher. The teacher must have a technique which can really involve the students in the use of language for writing skill in classroom and support the teaching of writing in order to help the students in improving writing skills and understanding what they have studied, so it can help students to make a good writing product. A professional English teacher have to master these four basic English skills because these skills are needed for the process of teaching English.
The second tip, a teaching method makes the process of learning can be success. There are several teaching methods that teacher can apply in the classroom. In the lecturing method can be used to explain the materials that teachers teach in the class. This method is form of explanation of the concepts. At the end of teaching process, teacher can do a question and answer with students. By this method, teacher can control the class, prepare and also implement the materials, so that students can understand the materials that their teacher teach. Then, using discussion method in the process of learning can help student share their ideas. This method is the interaction between student with their teacher or other students to solve a problem and analyze a topic. By this method, teacher can let student appreciate another student's opinions. In addition, question and answer method can make a communication between teacher and students in the class. It is a way to present the materials through the form of questions that need to be answered by the students. This method will make a discussion, the students will more quickly understand the materials because of teacher’s explanation. And the last, teacher can train to form the student’s creativity with training methods. This method can help you to get a agility, precision, opportunity and skills from the students. Using these four teaching methods can help teacher in teaching process work well .
The third tip, before teachers discuss lesson planning or ideas to engage the students, it is essential for teachers to have an adequate plan for classroom management. The first principle in classroom management is to realize that teacher has to set a good example for the students. This means teacher have to be like a good figure in their eyes. Teacher has to act supremely confident and in control at all times. Students need someone that they can trust and have confidence . They need a good figure to look up to in the classroom. Then, to make students become more discipline, teachers need to have specific punishment for students who break the rules. Teachers need to decide what those punishments are, and then implement them consistently. The punishments are up to teacher and depend on the program of the school. Teacher’s punishment should follow a procedure that starts with a non-verbal signal (such as just looking at the student), to a verbal signal (asking the student to please stop talking), to a verbal warning (if this continues, there will be punishments), to the implementation of the punishment (please come to talk to me after class), and then, after class when it is just teacher and student, teacher can implement the punishment, such as give student assignment as a warning letter. Having a consequences plan is essential to classroom management. It is very important as the student’s parents in school, teacher must have respect and affection for students. Teacher must perform the role of parents as well as possible in the classroom, so the students can realize their teacher’s affection. If teacher can implement this tip, it can help teacher has good classroom management.
The writer concludes that teacher is a difficult job because it has its own responsibility for child’s future. If teacher can follow these tips and apply them in teaching process, teacher can be a good English teacher.
