First person : Teacher and student

1. what did Carol Baum want to do for her students in her Advanced English as a Second Language class?
Carol Baum wanted them to be chanlenged, to see America's best and thought that it was difficult to improve English. If students thought so, they would feel inconfident. The teacher considered the advanced English as a second language class just like to study something new. That would be much easier .
2. why wasn’t the English class going well at first?
Because the student thought the reading is too hard.
3. what happen to get the students interested in the class?
The teacher tried to motivate student talk more in the class and teach some story relate to teh students.
4. why does the teacher admire her students?
Because students all have different dIfficulty but they could overcome the language barrier and had more and more progress.
5. what is the main idea of this reading?
How to communication with international students and as the international students,we should work harder than the local students. Additionally, teachers' patient is important. Both them should know how to cooperate with each other so that we can improve our English well.