Langage teachers only!?

Question

what made you want to become a language teacher? was it hard to do? and which language(s) do you teach?

Answer 1

Well I fell in love with china so I studied english and moved there and to teach you need to know both languages ecceptuanlly well so yes it was difficult but I had fun doing what my haert disires most.

Answer 2

I have been teaching ESL for seven years. I initially took a degree in Cross-Cultural Psychology but in my final year got very disillusioned with the world of academia and so atarted looking for an alternative career.

There were a few reasons as to why I chose to become a language teacher: I was dating a Spanish teacher at the time and his work seemed very interesting and relatively easy to me at that time (if only I had known...! LOL), I had always been interested in the English language and, last but not least, I had always wanted a meaningful job where I could really make a difference.

The training was hard and the job market quite competitive but I persevered, went on lots of addtional training courses etc and 7 years on, I'm a lecturer at a college and I also train new ESL teachers.

Good luck!

Answer 3

well, I originally wanted to be an English teacher because I'd always excelled at my English classes, always making straight A's and even skipping a year. However, once I got to college, it was too easy and I didn't feel like I was growing intellectually. Plus, I quickly was sick to death of Shakespeare (bad omen for an English teacher). However, I found that I absolutely loved my Spanish classes. After about the second semester, I decided to change my major to Spanish and after about the semester, I decided I wanted to teach it.

Was it hard? Definitely. I didn't actually speak Spanish when I start college. Luckily, I live in Texas so there were plenty of people to practice with. However, it required an enormous amount of discipline and time dedication. I was constantly walking around with flash cards memorizing, translating things I saw in English to Spanish, having Spanish conversations with myself, reading in Spanish, watching tv and movies in Spanish, listening to music in Spanish. Plus, I studied for six weeks in Mexico. But I did it. I graduated with a 3.6 and a Bachelor's of Arts in Spanish (It still makes me giddy!!!).

I've been hired to teach Spanish.