>> Well a good ESL teacher is somebody who is patient.
Someone who really wants to know and have a deep understanding and appreciation
for other people's culture, and their traditions, and their beliefs.
Because you are teaching language, but you are, you're not teaching language at the expense
of dismissing the child's first language.
So, I always encourage my students to still learn, you know, Spanish or Arabic, whatever,
you [inaudible] whatever your language is, but I just communicate with them that, you know,
that English is the language of instruction in the United States, and it's the language
that you need to learn to be successful, but that doesn't take away from who you are.
So, I believe that that really is the most important thing.