teacher, professor,tutor等表示教师单词的区别.doc

Teacher, Lecturer, Professor等等的区别TeacherTeacher is the general term for someone whose job is to teach.Lecturer  A lecturer is someone who gives a lecture or formal presentation, particularly at a college or university  Dr Gradgrind is our lecturer on the Victorian novel and the course will be taught through a series of lectures and seminars.Note that a seminar at a college or university is a class for a small group of students to discuss the subject with the lecturer.  Professor  In the UK, professor is a university teacher of the highest rank in a subject area:  Professor Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, is one of the most formidable intellects ever to theorise on the origins of the universe.  The first step in an academic carrier is usually lecturer, then senior lecturer, then reader, then eventually perhaps professor.  Note that in the US, a professor is a full-time teacher at university. A teacher at secondary school or high school or junior college is never a professor.  Instructor  In British English, an instructor teaches you on how to learn or improve in a particular skill or sport:  If you want to learn how to drive, you will need a driving instructor.  If you want to learn how to fly, you will require a flying instructor.  If you intend to ski this winter on the higher slopes, you'll need a ski instructor. In the US, an instructor is a university teacher below the rank of assistant professor.  Coach  A coach is someone who trains individual sports players or a team. The examples below are taken from tennis and football:  Tim Henman, Britain's No 1, has a new coach, Paul Anacone, who worked with Pete Sampras for six years.  Paul Bracewell, national coach with the England youth teams for the past two years, has resigned.  Trainer  A trainer can be someone who trains people for a particular job or profession or who trains someone in certain varieties of sport.  In-service teacher trainers are in very great demand here as there is no pre-service training for teachers.  If you can get Kevin as your personal fitness trainer, you'll work on a wide range of strategies and techniques.。