PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE- THE ENGLISH SCHOOL TEACHER

Excellence in teaching is not an abstract concept but a practical reality that needs to be understood. What marks out a teacher as good or bad or excellent, goes beyond mere content knowledge. It involves their commitment to their profession and their student. This commitment goes beyond the realm of merely teaching their subject.It involvescreating a learning ethos for the student that makes language learning living, joyful and meaningful. In this paper an attempt is made to explore the concept of excellence in the context of an English language teacher and how excellence in teaching can be transacted in a real -life classroom.