Figueroa, John J.2022-01-182022-01-18Apr-Jun.,389https://hdl.handle.net/2139/52491doi: 10.1093/elt/XVI.3.128; Republished in Caribbean Journal of Education, vol. 20, no. 2, Sep. 1998. Special issue: John J. Figueroa: Selected Papers on Education, Language Teaching, Literature and Language Teaching, compiled by Velma PollardThis article presents observations of a general nature concerning language teaching, and presents suggestions for establishing a base for efforts to improve teaching in order to create a teaching profession of high morale, suitable training, and sensible independenceLanguage education