Nauczyciele języków obcych: Iluzje – fakty – badania
Language teachers – illusions – facts – research results

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to analyze meanings underlying the popular concepts of a good teacher, efficient teacher, novice, expert and experienced non-expert from a diachronic perspective. Criteria used across de- velopmental stages of second language acquisition/ foreign language teaching in the process of teacher accreditation are examined, as well as social contexts influencing teacher evaluation. Reasons for teach- ers’ dissatisfaction with European school systems are presented, as well as coping strategies employed by frustrated teachers. New chal- lenges springing from economic, social and cultural student diversity are also discussed. Implications are sought for pre- and in-service teacher education.

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