Student-Teacher Relationship while Learning a New Language
“In such a context, the students will surely bring texts and artifacts and use language the teacher does not know, and they will be able to read, interpret, and compose text the teacher cannot read” (40). This quote stuck out to me because this shows that students can also help the teacher learn while the student is also learning. This helps the teacher show the students that they want to learn more about their home language while the teacher is teaching the students their second or third language. This can also show that the teacher respects the students, and their knowledge about their home language. This can also show that the teacher cares about the students, and the teacher wants to help them learn and grow as a person. As teachers, our main goal is to have our students succeed. While we are helping them succeed, we develop relationships with them. The relationship is very important to students because it shows them that teachers really care about them and want them to do be...