Assessment Of EFL Teacher Behavior In College English Class

Teaching and learning are two inter-dependable factors in the field of language education. All the activities in a classroom must involve those two aspects and revolve around them. How effective teachers teach can be tested by students' examination results, or observation and evaluation of teachers' classroom teaching practice. Teacher assessment is particularly important to improve the quality of classroom English teaching to enhance the existing situation of classroom English teaching evaluation and thus to improve the quality of classroom English teaching. To ensure better learning and effective teaching, it is necessary to look into the problem from the perspective of teacher classroom teaching.Since formal teacher assessment system appeared in the 1950s, teacher assessment has attached more and more significance, while assessment with specific reference to teaching and learning in the language classroom has remained relatively unresearched. In China, there are less empirical papers than theoretical ones in the field of language teaching and teacher development. Foreign language education in our country has a long history. But formal nationwide teaching was adopted just two or three decades ago. At present college English teaching is experiencing a reform, in which every element will be affected. The emphasis of the reform is to change the objectives and teaching model in language education, with the focus on cultivating students' integrated language ability especially the productive ability. Research into teacher's classroom behaviour will benefit us for the challenge.The study was designed as a tentative study of teacher assessment, focused on college English teachers' classroom behaviour. Ten English teachers from the same university were invited in the study. The author attended, observed and recorded all their practice. They were later interviewed about what they think about English teaching and learning. Twenty students from each class were selected randomly to finish a questionnaire, which was designed to find out what they regard their English teacher and English class.Findings show: a) teachers with the degree of Master seem to more consistent with communicative and interactive approach. Teachers with much experience but less formal college education seem to be consistent with traditional teaching methods. And teachers with the degree of Bachelor are in-between without distinctive characteristics. b) It also proves teacher background, teacher belief and teaching behaviour are three interrelated factors like a triangle. Each determines the other, while have impact on another. But there are some gaps between teacher belief and teaching practice. c) Teachers should develop their own communicative abilities, and provide for their students more chances, more practices and more encouragements in teaching English.In general, teacher assessment is an effective way to safeguard and improve the quality of instruction. Teachers can make good use of the way of teacher assessment to evaluate themselves, to promote teaching combined with the society's and students' needs.