Learn English – the correct form to address the “teacher”

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How can I call a person who teaches me English, because I always called him teacher, and yesterday my sister said me that it is incorrect, that I have to called him Mr. + last name. Is that true? Can you explain me, please? I am a English student from Argentina and normally we called them "teacher".

Best Answer

In an English school the students would normally address their teachers as your sister suggests:

Mr Jones

Miss Jones

Mrs Jones

or if they have a doctorate

Dr Jones

If you are being taught on a one-to-one basis then initially you could use those forms of address as a mark of respect. It is possible that the teacher may suggest to use their first name - my wife is a tutor and she tells her pupils to use her first name.

In the UK we rarely use the persons role as a form of address, so we would not say

Teacher

or

Master

However, some formal schools do use the titles of certain positions

Yes, Headmaster

Thank you Matron

This is not common in today's schools.

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