The teacher can be beneficial when someone tries to learn French, because in her class, that is the main way she will communicate. She will occasionally speak in another language, but the class is taught in just French. When one is taking a language class, and he or she continues to hear the language spoken to them, it will force the person to learn it. As she is speaking to them in French, the students must start learning what words mean to be successful in the class. David Sedaris states that the student David has picked up on the language when he writes, “and it struck me that, for the first time since arriving in France, I could understand every word that someone was saying” (256). David was progressing because the teacher would not