2. What does “Making” signify in the question- What goes into the making of an English Teacher?  In the context of the title,  to interpret attitudes towards Learners and the Learning process

3. An Analysis “Making” is associated with- Training Education Development Learning, Studying, Acquiring Teaching Enrichment Orientation

4. ‘TRAINING’ generally stands for the process where an individual prepares another in the field where s/he is an authority, the power, knowledge, understanding etc are disseminated.

5.  A Giver and a Receiver  A Source, an Expert/Master from whom everything can be learnt

6. The Dictionary defines Training “as a systematic transfer of skills/Learning” A Participant in an in-service programme said, “It is Teaching how to Teach”

7. Education is the act or Process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the power of reasoning and judgement and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Dictionary.com The enterprise of education is…. An activity in which some individual or group fosters or seeks to foster in some individual or group some Ability, Belief, Knowledge, Habit, Skill, Trait or Character or Value and does so by the use of certain method. Answers.com

8. The dictionary defines the word Development as “Gradual Growth”. A few illustrations- Stages of development of child Life Cycle of a butterfly Development of an Embryo Personality Development Plot/Story Development(literary view)

9. KEY MESSAGE- 1.The Process of Development is Organism initiated. 2.The Process of Growth ( Development ) is Learner initiated, it is organic. It is supported by skills, human resources, community etc which are external and act only as catalysts or promoters of the growth. These outside agencies or individuals can merely support the process

10. The term may refer to:  A combination of Skill, Knowledge, Value, Confidence and Efficiency  A Continuation( Minimum Level –Mastery Level)  An Ability  A Requirement for completion of a job alternate at a specific level

11. Houston (1974) in his definition of competency acquisition elaborates that it has five components which are sequenced in the process of development.

14. Preparation Of Lesson Plans Organising Experience Sharing Workshops Teacher Exchange Programmes Visits And Study Tours Facilitating Reflective Teaching By Insisting On Teacher’s Maintenance Of Diaries Involving Teachers As Resource Persons To Train Fellow Colleagues Facilitating Peer Observation

15. Review And Scrutiny Of Textbooks Analysis Of Textbooks From Different Perspectives Conversion Of Textbooks Into Different Modes Preparation Of Question Paper/Question Banks Techniques For Teaching And Evaluation Tips For Classroom Organization Rationale For The Changes Expected In Teaching Practice

16. PRE-SERVICE INITIATES TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONSALS PREPARES TEACHERS BY PROVIDING UNDERSTANDING OF THE OBJECTIVES OF LEARNING AND METHODS OF EDUCATION PROVIDE FOUNDATION IN PSYCHOLOGY,PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF THE LEARNER PROVIDES NECESSARY GROUNDING IN THE THEORY OF EDUCATION PROVIDES A BIT OF PRACTICE TO GET A FEEL OF THE CLASSROOM

17. IN-SERVICE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE ACCORDING TO THEIR AIMS – 1.THEORETICAL- ENHANCE THE EXISTING QUALIFICATION OF TEACHERS 2&3 TOP DOWN COURSES WHICH FURTHER DEVELOP EXISTING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND REMEDIAL COURSES WHICH ARE CONDUCTED TO HELP THE TEACHERS IN THE AREAS OF PERCEIVED DIFFICULTIES THESE COURSES ARE CONDUCTED TO UPDATE THE RESOURCES OF TEACHERS OR TO ORIENT THEM TO NEW MATERIALS, METHODS OF TEACHING OR EVALUATION PROCEDURED. RECENTLY TRAINING FACILITIES ARE OFFERED ONLINE/ THROUGH DISTANCE MODE AS WELL.

18. Creating avenues for long and short term courses Allocating budgets and administrative arrangements to ensure development programmes Linking promotion, providing incentives on the basis of participation in the programme Establishing training centres at different levels Making a degree or a diploma in teaching of English as a pre-requisite to become an English Teacher Subsidizing higher education costs to enable teachers to acquire new skills and communicative ability