So many of us involved in language education want to mold our classes based on how much is learned and grades. But we must protect our ourselves and our students from such thinking. Let’s not go down that worn out 20th century road.
If we continue to teach our students without a feeling of love and acceptance being conveyed to them during class, the results will be the same: miserable.
What our students need most in our classes is to feel that the teacher and their peers care about them and know that they are trying their best, and that they don’t have to do anything sensational for people to love and approve of them during class.