A communicative teacher according to Medgyes

 


          It is difficult to be a communicative teacher according to what Medgyes says that communicative teachers have to be and do. A communicative teacher has to fulfill so many requirements and has to have so many qualities that it sounds overwhelming. In the first place, according to Medgyes's article the communicative teacher has to know about everything and to be able to adjust to any situation, she has to be versatile. She has to be s technology expert and also a great psychologist. She has to have multiple skills in order to be able to do everything that she is asked to do. She has to be creative but at the same time "down-to-earth". These are all the things that we should "be" as communicative teachers. But there are also many tasks that a communicative teacher has to perform. She has to focus on the specific needs of each students but at the same time focus in the whole group; she has to listen and pay attention to students needs and expectations; she has to focus on meaning and on form when teaching.
          I think we would all like to "be" all these things and be able to "do" all these things. But it is very clear that all of this great and ideal theory was proposed by theoreticians that have never been in our place and have never even been inside a real classroom. I agree completely with the ironic tone of the author in this text. It is very easy to say and think about all the things that every communicative teacher "has to be" and "has to do", but it is quite different and much more difficult to put them in practice inside a real classroom in a real school environment.