Why do you teach English language?


Why do you teach English language?
One of the questions that caught my attention this week during the session with Dr. Leyah Bergman-Lanier was: why do you teach the English language? Actually teaching the English language in my country, gives you the opportunity to have a secure job, I personally started studying the language, because of the diversity of opportunities to get a good job, the same with this “BILINGUAL PANAMA PROGRAM”, the Faculty of languages is saturated, but it is one thing to know English and another is to know how to teach it, to be a teacher of the English language. I started without knowledge of being an English teacher I had studies in business administration teaching. Studying English does not make me an English teacher; I never thought I was an English teacher. I have had the opportunity to work with very good Spanish teachers who have taught me how to deal with students. It is a beautiful vocation, and I hope to continue learning more every day, and to remain passionate to teach this beautiful language.

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  1. RoseliFebruary 16, 2018 at 2:47 PM

    Yes! Being an Englsih speaker does make a person a teacher. This is so true. The same way that knowing Spanish does not make a person a Spanish teacher. Look at Panama. How many people speak Spanish in Panama? How many of those can be considered Spanish teachers?

    Teaching is not only a beautiful vocation but also a profession. We are educational professionals.
    Thank you.

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