Learners

• Cultural and individual needs
• Approaches to learning difficulties & learner styles
• The motivation of adult learners

Language

• Linguistic form, function and meaning, including a knowledge of 
  grammar and its terminology
• Appreciation of structure and function
• An understanding of the principles of selection and grading
• An introduction to how subject matter and context affects language
• The importance of phonology

Materials

• Course books and teachers' books and supplementary materials and
  provision of special interest materials
• Adapting authentic and non-authentic materials
• Teacher-made materials
• Reference works for both teachers and learners

• The ability to arrange the physical environment appropriately for 
  different learning situations and to establish an appropriate
  atmosphere for learning
• Giving appropriate instructions for group tasks
• Monitoring the progress of groups and individuals
• The ability to plan both individual lessons and a series of lessons
  appropriate to student needs, with a range of approaches and lesson
  types

Introduction and practice of new language

• The ability to select language and language areas appropriate to
  students' needs and level
• To introduce language clearly and efficiently to students

• To check learning and understanding at all stages of this process
  using appropriate techniques
• The ability to deal sensitively and effectively with student errors and
  gaps
• To devise and operate appropriate activities for written and oral
  practice in order to develop the accuracy, fluency and complexity of
  learner language
• To encourage and guide students towards noticing language in
  naturally occurring texts
• Developing the skills of Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing
• The ability to develop the four skills using techniques which foster not
  only their individual development but also their integration
• To select appropriate materials and to have the ability to use a wide
  range of techniques to this end
• To use and adapt authentic and non-authentic materials
  appropriately