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Introduction
Teacher
use about themselves indicates the range of views that they have about their
profession. Teaching as the exercise of group leadership (Dornyei and Murphey
2003: chapter 6). It is our role as group development practitioners that really
counts, they suggest. Foster good relationships with the groups in front of us
so that they work together cooperatively in a spirit of friendliess and
harmonious creativity. Teaching style involves an increasing encouragement of
and reliance on the group’s own resources and the active facilitation of
autonomous learning that is in accordance with the maturity level of the group’.