All languages reflect and are closely related to a psychological, social, and cultural reality for their speakers. For this reason, when teaching a foreign language, teachers should not impose a foreign value system on their students — they must break down barriers of communication but preserve diversity among people.

Adults are more likely to be affected by the interference of their first language on the second. As a matter of fact, mother tongue interference in adults can sometimes be a facilitating factor.

As far as oral production is concerned, a teacher should focus his/her attention especially on mistakes that lead to misunderstanding.

Teachers of English as a Foreign Language should try hard to persuade their students to get rid of any traces of native language accent from their English.

It is important to teach a student how to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words based on the context in which they appear. It is crucial to effective reading.

Discovery techniques encourage students to “discover” facts about grammar and grammatical usage on their own: teachers give students examples of language and ask them to find out how they work. This approach is more studentcentered.

In the process of teaching a foreign language, communicative competence is best achieved when accuracy takes priority over fluency.

Successful teachers should aim at, among other things, lowering their students’ inhibitions, encouraging them to take risks in learning, building their self-confidence, and helping them strengthen their intrinsic motivation.

My favorite months of the year are the first and last ones, in other words, January and December.

Some people believe that, on Friday, August 13, a lot of bad things happen.