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This unit taught me many new concepts- i learned different techniques to teach students, many approaches to take with the language that have broadened my scope. The Grammar-Translaion: A basic principle of this method is learning a language through finding equivalents in the student’s own language and the foreign language being learned. This is a technique I am familiar with because I use it to learn other languages myself. The drawback to this technique is that the teacher must be fluent in the L1 language and the students must be able to draw similar comparisons to the L2 language. I learned about the Engage Study Activate method of teaching which explains how a teacher needs to approach a topic. There is no best method to use, which is why you need to keep in mind your own personality when teaching, then use different methods so that you can reach all of your students, keep the student’s needs as your number one priority, and remember the culture of the students so that they learn in the most encouraging environment. I was able to draw several conclusions: Student’s need as much exposure to language as possible, students need a certain amount of input from teachers, communicative tasks offfer real learning possibilities but are not enough on their own, anxiety and stress need to be low for effective language learning, and where possible students should be encouraged to discover language for themselves. This continues my education on how to be an effective teacher.