Who was (is) your best language teacher, ever? Why?
My best language teacher was Doña Rose Bailey, who taught Spanish at a Bible college.
She'd been a missionary to Ecuador, and on the first day of class, she made a grand entrance dressed in beautiful woven clothing, native to the mountain regions. On her head she balanced a huge woven basket brimming with fruit.
A pretty and petite brunette, she used her musical voice to called out a greeting, (in Spanish, of course). Then she put the basket down, and went to the chalkboard to write the names of fruit it contained. Then she asked us to come help ourselves, and as we did, she told us the name of the fruit and asked us to put a check mark next to the name she'd written on the board. We then returned to our seats to enjoy uvas, manzanas, platanos, peras, y duraznos. It was a great way to begin.
She was one who believed that learning a new language could be fun, because every single class featured a surprise. (Wednesday became breakfast day and soon we were making huevos revueltos con chile y chorizo en la pequeña cocina eléctrica cuál usando tenedores, cucharas, cuchillos, y servietas.)
That was many years ago, and although I can still recall many of the other "surprises," I don't have space to list them.
(She taught us some steps of the Flamenco!)
Doña Rosa used the "language experience" approach, setting up delightful situations that forced us to use Spanish in real ways. (The classes were total immersion, too - no English permitted!)
She and her classes were a joy.
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My best language teacher was/is(I take his exam tomorrow! 
) Mr. Hormazabal. He is strict when it comes to work and some of his tests are pretty tough but it has made me a better student and my work ethic has greatly increased.
My best (spanish) teacher was Señora Baker.
She was filipina and spoke 8 languages.
She was a short woman and many classmates didn't like her and thought she was crazy.
I liked her though, I thought she was fun and was the one who really got me into wanting to learn spanish and not just having a blow-off class.
I think her perceived craziness was attributed to the cultural difference between her and the people in the class, which I liked actually.
She had amazing stories.
I actually wanted to go back(this was years ago) and thank her but found out she had died. :(
I will always remember her and things she taught.
I just wished I would have thanked her sooner.
Mi profesora favorita fue Señora Baker.
Fue filipina y habló ocho lenguas.
Fue una mujer baja y muchas estudiantes no les gustaron su y pensaron que ella fue loca.
Me gustó su (though / not sure of spanish equivalent), pensé ella fue divertida y fue la persona que verdaderamente me hizo querer aprender español.
Pienso la locura de su fue en realidad solamente una diferencia de culturas entre Señora Baker y los estudiantes, lo que me gustaba realmente.
Tuvo cuentos increíbles.
Quise volver y darle gracias, pero yo descubrí que ella murió. :(
Yo siempre la recordaré y las lecciónes.
Yo deseaba solamente que la hubiera agradecido más pronto.
I probably butchered that spanish but it está la práctica para hoy. 
He tenido muchisimos maestros de idioma. Cuando era niña, empecé a asistir a un campamento de verano para niños, donde enseñaban el ruso (y más tarde, el aleman y el chino). Todo era imersion. Comíamos comida rusa, y teníamos de pedir pasar la comida en ruso. Cuando recibíamos correo, teníamos que pedirlo en ruso. Cuando querríamos nadar, teníamos que consignar el nombre, no el nombre proprio, sino el en ruso.
Cada consejero era profesor, y me encantaba todo. Aprendía a bailar, cantar, coser, hasta cocinar y tomarme un sauna en ruso. Estos recuerdos son de los mejores de mi vida.
I have had many, many language teachers. When I was little, I started going to a summer camp for children where they taught Russian (and later German and Chinese). Everything was immersion. We ate Russian food, and we had to ask for the food to be passed in Russian. When we got mail, we had to ask for it in Russian. When we wanted to swim, we had to state our name, not our own name, but the name we got in Russian.
Every counselor there was a teacher, and I loved all of it. I learned to dance, sing, cook, sew, even take a sauna in Russian. Those memories are some of the best in my life.
Cmon Volpon...there are only two..well may be three if we count in Valerie
who, as teachers go, count!
Number one: Paralee
Number two: Heidita
Number three: Valerie
And yes...no tengo abuela!! 
Madam Martha - My French Teacher when I was like five. But then, her husband got really sick and I think it was (is) contagious to kids or something, and so she stopped classes. 
