Teach basic English skills including reading, writing, and speaking. Compose lesson plans in order to successfully incorporate the full duration of each lesson. Execute lessons efficiently using different styles of teaching depending on the content. Engage students to ensure a lively classroom atmosphere. An English teacher plays a crucial role in developing a student's oral and written communication skills, like writing formal letters, reports, speeches, poetry and short stories. They teach sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and literature of the language.