[openmind]

Hi everybody, what exactly is a 'teacher'? I mean can you really teach a language or do you have to learn a language? What is the difference or rather the link between teaching and learning? What is the difference between a teacher, a trainer and a coach?
As far as I can see it, if you have experiences, knowledge and passion in learning a language and guiding people, you can share this expertise and get other people to do something. This process might be called 'teaching' but it could also be called 'transfering experience/guiding/monitoring' etc. I have been working with adults for 8 years and I'm not so happy with referring to them as 'my students' and me being their 'teacher' because most of them have more life (and learning) experience than me.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on this?
Regards
Torsten