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A time I enjoyed an impressive English lesson was when I went to a summer school in a town just outside London when I was a teenager. The summer school was set in a wonderful countryside location in a really old “harry potter” style school, rented out for the summer by the organization that ran the international summer camp. There were students from all over the world there. Anyway, the lesson that I enjoyed the most was from a Scottish teacher called Charlotte. She was in her early 30s, and had a wonderful way of making learning fun. She was quite firm and strict, but at the same time, she encouraged everyone to fully engage in the lessons. She told interesting stories of her travels, explained words and vocabulary on the board at the same time, asked a lot of questions about our opinions and views, modelled answers, corrected our answers, came up with language games, detective-like puzzle games that got us talking and using the language… I don’t know how to describe it but she was the best teacher I’ve ever had. The lesson I liked the most was a detective game where we had to solve a mystery by reading the plot, the clues and then interviewing all the suspects – we had target language to incorporate into our interactions of course, and she corrected us sporadically throughout the game, but it was so much fun. It was designed really well… and was just as exciting as a really thrilling detective novel – except we were the characters in it! It was great and made me really enjoy learning. In fact, I think I remember more language from that lesson than any other in my life of lessons learning English! 

It really depends on the institution you’re teaching at I imagine – what your bosses are like, what the curriculum is like, and what your language learning goals are. If you are just teaching IELTS or TOEFL it must be very boring, but if you are teaching a more creative and inspiring syllabus, perhaps in an international school, then it must be quite inspiring – you know, creative writing, English literature, and perhaps conversational English in a multicultural classroom. That would be interesting. 

I think the most important qualities of a good foreign language teacher are empathy, cultural awareness, the understanding of another culture’s learning styles and habits, and the ability to explain things clearly and concisely and give great instructions that everyone understands. And, of course, making it a bit entertaining and inspiring too – to motivate the less intrinsically motivated students in the class. 

Grammar is indeed important yes, if your aim is to pass exams and reach a high level for academic study. If your learning goals are to achieve a level of basic spoken conversational competency then maybe grammar isn’t as important. But if you need to pass exams, or move on to study in university overseas, then a strong grasp of grammar and a wide vocabulary are both essential. 