the Practice of English Language Teaching Journal Article

"to add two more terms and discussion of their meaning with reference to their relation to teacher professionalism. These terms and their concepts are as follow: teacher literacy and teacher as researcher. Teacher literacy does not solely refer to his/her ability to read and write, but it includes the knowledge and abilities he needs to choose a content and present it in order to teach, for instance, effective ways of exploiting the textbook, devising the lesson plans, presenting and practicing these plans, reading and writing to professional journals, active participation in decision making, …all the knowledge and skills he/she need to manage effective learning/teaching. What kind of research is teaching and teacher friendly may be discussed in the course of running this column. How research may help a teacher teach more effectively? 7. Do other school-subject teachers use their textbook like the way language teachers use them?"