Questions on Teaching (a Second Language)

The Student (1919), Pablo Picasso

1. What is being a teacher different from other professions?

2. What are some ways of teaching a second laguage that have been proven to be effective?  

3. Can a language learning be also about critical thinking and anylitical reading? 

4. How do students learn a second language in school? Are there any issues about that?

5. How do students learn a second language in a neoliberal language insitution? What are its benefits and drawbacks?  

6. What's it like to teach in a neoliberal language learning environment such as hagwons? What are the limitations that can be found in such a place for desirable ways of teaching/learning?

7. Is a meaningful learning/teaching possible in a neoliberal language learning setting? Can hagwons be a legitimate place to discuss educational edification? 

8. What can an individaul do in an environemnt where a culture of mediocrisy is prevailing? What change can she make? Can she make any change?