Professional and pedagogical competence of EFL teachers

Аннотация

The majority of people believe if a person has a decent command of the language, he will be able to teach it without any problems. However, reality shows the exact opposite. Even some native English language teachers fail to educate the language effectively. Teaching encompasses not only demonstrating the teacher's knowledge but also enabling students to use their potential confidently, this process requires both professional and pedagogical competence from the educators. However, it is not easy for EFL teachers to develop their skills to reach high education quality and enthusiasm of students towards English. In this process, teachers feel extremely exhausted and burned out without the necessary pedagogical competence. In this article, the researcher suggests that EFL teachers need to advance their pedagogical and professional competence by combining a differentiated instruction approach and classroom management techniques in the classroom. These methods are useful in conducting lessons for each grade, especially, for primary school students whose linguistic skills and language acquisition have not fully developed yet.