Teaching English to speakers of other languages has been my passion for many years. There are many reasons people want and need to learn a language: to communicate socially, to do well in school subjects taught in English, to read signs, posters, newspapers, magazines and books, and to be a part of their English-speaking environment. The English skills they need include listening, speaking, reading and writing; usually learned in that order. I have taught adults in college, teenagers in high sc