What Language Teachers Do
By Bill Bliss and Steve Molinsky
What do language teachers do?
No matter what language they teach
They help their students reach across boundaries.
They build bridges to other cultures and ways of life.
They weave the fabric of humankind’s social network.
Whether they’re teaching . . .
Portuguese
Estonian
Arabic
Chinese
English
Oriya
Norwegian
Esperanto
Amharic
Russian
Thai
Hindi
. . . or hundreds of other languages,
They blend the science and art of language instruction
To create communicators.
And in doing this work they love
They bring the world a little closer together.
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