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[Daniel Day-Lewis, actor]
The best foreign languages teacher must
1/ be a good reader
2/ be a good radio and podcast listener
3/ use dictionaries almost obsessively
4/ learn culture issues (geography, physics, history, maths, traditions)
5/ be an exquisite fanatic of something singular: literature and poetry, for example
6/ study English language everyday (theory)
7/ understand any kind of written text, video or audio in the foreign language
8/ focus on specific aspects of anything – i.e., Business English, Communication, Language, Journalism
9/ use new tools
10/ master the essentials of language: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation
11/ follow good methods to learn and teach the subject
12/ be honest
13/ move, change, question himself and his strategies on a regular basis
14/ speak good English
15/ always explain matters slowly and clear
16/ use old tools
17/ do plenty of exercises on his own (practice)
18/ be a devoted teacher
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