Abstract:
Success is the most venerable thing to any professional in their respected profession and
hence knowing the pros and cons of a profession, most significantly what is desired by your
target group matters immensely. Talking about teaching, more specifically in the ELT
profession, that statement also passes as a common trait of this profession as well. A good
English language teacher (GELT) certainly has some traits both personal and professional which
are also duly acknowledged and understood by their students; they are the direct receiver of the
teacher’s provided inputs. Hence this study was initiated to investigate the perspective of the
students of a good English language teacher. Higher secondary level students were chosen for
the study as they are considered as the group who will be able to give a good insight to the matter
as they are standing at the doorway of higher education. Total 120 students of higher secondary
level of Safiuddin Sarker Academy School and College were chosen as the target group for the
study. And the instrumentations designed for this study were survey questionnaire (Likert scale
statement) and students’ written report to collect the required data. After collecting and analyzing
the data, this study, despite some obstacles, did succeed in meeting its objective of finding the
most desired quality of a GELT by the higher secondary level students of Bangladesh. It has
found both personal and professional qualities, namely having a pleasant and friendly personality
with great student motivating capability, being an expert of English grammar and literature with
a strong command over Spoken English, having a great sense of humour and wit, sound
knowledge of ELT approaches and methods, strong classroom control and an impartial judgment
of the students’ achievement as the most desired qualities of a GELT by their students. However,
it has also found some bad qualities of the practicing teachers like intolerant of students’ mistake,
being not punctual, losing temper, speaking fast, making speaking and pronunciation mistakes
and inefficient time management etc. which an aspiring GELT should try to avoid at all costs.
Hence this study considers its outcomes very important and to some significant extent helpful
and valuable for the aspiring English language teachers, ELT practitioner and policy makers and
researchers.
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language Teaching of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
