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This unit has exposed me as a teacher to the various definitions of a teacher,facilitator,model,manager,tutor etc. Also the restiveness that characterizes foreign learners of English has been exposed to me.Also the unit expresses the different levels of learners and their language acquisition.This has lessened my classroom worries.I hope to enjoy the remaining part of the course. Thanks for the opportunity. It?s very important that a teacher be patient, interesting, and knowledgeable. For the learner, the most important is to have a desire to learn first, listen the language and always try to practice it. The relation between them is really important but not easy, that's why the teacher need to adapt his teaching, try to be enthusiast, propose interactive activities, to encourages the students and like this, have a chance that the students enjoying the learning and attending classes. Teaching will be a huge challenge to me, its been a while since I was in front of a class and reviewing the basics of teaching bring some memories. Its fun to learn the basics of being a teacher again and looking forward for more. I've learned that cultural differences will be taken into consideration in teaching approach and methods. Motivation will be a bigger challenge for non native english speaker to teach, requires creativity as well as comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter. In this unit,I have learned about the qualities that a good teacher must possess and the importance of each in order to be successful at this job.I have also learned the differences between the young learners and the adults,the different levels of the learners' abilities and the motivations and reasons for their getting into the study. This unit gave me a great understanding of the different roles teacher has to play in only one lesson. It opened my eyes as to how important it is to be overall a very effective teacher and how it can impact students and their learning abilities.