1. Striving for Excellence in Your Career as a Teacher of English
王恩铭

2. Introduction
According to UNESCO, the quality of education can be expressed and measured by the following formula:
Quality=[students(1 point)+textbook(2 points)+environment(3 points)+ pedagogy (4 points)] ×teacher 1

3. I. Excellence in Your Expertise in English
English Skills: Listening, Writing, Speaking, Reading, and Translating
A. In particular, for teachers of English at middle school, pronunciation, intonation and fluency are crucial. Indeed, they should be given top priority.
B. Additionally, four other elements should be given equal weighty in importance. They are, namely, accuracy, variety, elegance, and finally idiomaticity 2

4. II. Excellence in Your Job as a Teacher of English
Ability to get students interested in English
Ability to facilitate the process of English learning on the part of students
Ability to help students acquire English language in the most efficient and effective way possible
Ability to find good approaches/ways to improve and advance students’ English
Ability to conduct intercultural communication 3

5. II. Excellence in Your Job as a Teacher of English
Ability to employ different teaching methodologies, i.e. grammar-based, translation-based, audio-visual-based, audio-lingual-based, top-down, bottom-up, student-centered, communicative approaches
Having passion for English
Loving your job
Cherishing students 4

6. II. Excellence in Your Job as a Teacher of English
Committing yourself to your occupation, treating it not so much as a job as your career, vocation or calling
Embracing everything related to your career with a degree of religiosity 5

7. III. Excellence in Your Life as a Person
All-round development
A decent amount/stock of knowledge of general information
Highly cultivated in literary field
High-brow culture in taste
Knowledgeable in liberal arts 6

8. III. Excellence in Your Life as a Person
Well-informed in humanities
Capable of doing critical thinking
Not only sophisticated in book learning, but also street-wise(common-sense) in daily-life matters
Developing wide-ranging interests 7

9. IV. Excellence in Your Effort to Achieve Success as a Dreamer
Imagine the unimaginable, and think the unthinkable
(Einstein believed that to ask questions is more important than to solve problems. Similarly, he also believed that imagination is more important than knowledge). Be innovative and creative
Build confidence in yourself
(The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little while) 8

10. IV. Excellence in Your Effort to Achieve Success as a Dreamer
Keep updating yourself with new ideas , new approaches, new way of thinking
Keep perfecting yourself in both teaching and studying
Fully utilize any opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences with fellow teachers and learn from each other
Maximize all opportunities to communicate with your students 9

11. IV. Excellence in Your Effort to Achieve Success as a Dreamer
Constantly reflect on what you have done in your teaching-related work, summarizing anything useful and effective from your teaching experience
Improve and perfect your teaching skills and methods by applying fresh ideas and new approaches 10

12. Conclusion Passion for English
Full, undivided, uncompromising, and single-minded commitment to your job/career. We are not merely making a living by teaching English; we are making a life out of it
Stay humble and stay hungry (Steve Jobs) 11

13. Conclusion
We can make a difference (we live to change the world---Steve Jobs)
Think globally, and act locally----with a broad and long-range vision coupled with a practical mind and cautious approach. 12

14. You are sure to find out your roadmap to success if you keep trying discriminatively, sensibly, creatively, and above all, wisely. An American educator William Arthur Ward said: The mediocre teacher talks; the good teacher explains; the superior teacher demonstrates; the great teacher inspires. 13

15. Thank You All 14