I. English Communicative Competence
l Oral Proficiency
l Written Proficiency
l Organizational Knowledge
l Pragmatic Knowledge
l Communication strategies
Oral English Production
l Accuracy
l Fluency
l Complexity
l Comprehensibility
l Communication strategies
l Social-cultural/pragmatic knowledge
l Background knowledge of relevant subjects
l Listening Comprehension
l Amount of vocabulary & expressions
l Sensitivity to the target language phonological features
l Social-cultural knowledge of the target language
l Background knowledge of the topic in discussion
Reading Proficiency
l Amount of vocabulary & idiomatic expressions
l Syntactic structures of the language
l Writing patterns/discourse structures
l Writing style & genres
l Prior knowledge of the text topic
l Extensive reading experience
Writing Skills
l Vocabulary & idiomatic expressions available from your mind
l Syntactic/grammatical knowledge
l Discourse/text structure knowledge
l Background knowledge of the topic in question
l Experience in generating & organizing ideas
II. Knowledge About English
l Phonetics
l phonology
l Word structure & usage
l Vocabulary & expressions
l Syntax
l Semantics
l Pragmatics
III. Knowledge About Learners
l Level of English proficiency
l English learning experience
l Cognitive maturity
l Life experience
l Interests
l Personality
l Learning style
l Motivation & needs
IV. Knowledge About Language Acquisition
l How does a learner acquire a language?
l What makes English learning easy or hard?
l What is the role of L1?
l What is the role of formal instruction?
l What are the learner-related factors?
l What are the environmental factors?
l What are better learning strategies?
V. Knowledge About Instruction
l Language teaching approaches
l Language teaching methods
l Selecting teaching materials
l Preparing teaching materials
l Presenting teaching materials
l Monitoring learning processes
l Evaluating teaching results
l VI. Knowledge About Teaching Goals
l Know the curriculum goals
l Know objectives of each lesson
VII. Knowledge About Teaching Materials
l Know your teaching materials very well
l Know the needed teaching aids
l Know the needed supplementary materials
VIII. Knowledge About Teaching Resources
l What are the resources available to you?
l Who can help you solve your problems in teaching?
l How rich is your resources?
l How efficient can you solve your problems?
l Where can you find references you need?
l Where & how can you advance your professional knowledge?