Have you ever watched a magician pulling things out of a magic hat? It is fascinating to watch how an endless number of things appear from the tiny size of a hat. In many ways, a language teacher like a magician tries to elicit an infinite number of things already present but hidden in the mind of a learner by helping to bring them out in the form of a new language.

To master this process the teacher needs to process the knowledge of diverse methods of teaching present and used in the past as well as stay up-to-date with current theories of learning. The present era of digitization of teaching, access to infinite sources of information through the Internet, and Big Data allows us to see things that we could previously only guess and theorize about. All these things require the modern teacher constantly update his knowledge and teaching techniques.

A comprehensive understanding of human psychology and behavior at the different stages of development is crucial to the mastery of a teaching process and the achievement of teaching goals. The theories such as the zone of proximal development by Lev Vygotsky and the input hypothesis theory by Steven Krashen allow us to get a wider perspective on teaching curriculums, evaluate the present state of learners, and map their learning paths. The comprehension of diverse psychological factors such as intrinsic motivation helps a teacher to achieve learning goals.

The years spent being part of the international community of Auroville (https://auroville.org/) in South India where people from 59 nations, of all ages, social backgrounds, and cultures live together allowed me to learn firsthand about the interaction between people speaking a wide variety of different languages. As humans are still learning to see ourselves not divided by borders, nationalities, and languages. We are still looking for a way to share our similarities and diversity meaningfully and clearly. Helping to achieve these goals is one of the key tasks of a language teacher. These are the reasons that inspire and motivate me to teach the English language and work as a teacher.