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fledex
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If you had two teachers of the same ability and qualifications - which teacher would you pick - the native speaker or the non-native speaker?
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The native/non-native distinction is a fallacy to begin with. However, if I had two equally qualified teachers from different countries or regions of the world, I would choose the one who is from the country or region where most of the students are from. I have found that this works best when learning another language. This has always been my experience. |
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revenger2013
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| fledex wrote: |
| revenger2013 wrote: |
If you had two teachers of the same ability and qualifications - which teacher would you pick - the native speaker or the non-native speaker?
The answer is obvious! |
The native/non-native distinction is a fallacy to begin with. However, if I had two equally qualified teachers from different countries or regions of the world, I would choose the one who is from the country or region where most of the students are from. I have found that this works best when learning another language. This has always been my experience. |
So, if there was two teachers of Arabic with equal qualifications and experience, one from Egypt and a native speaker and the other an American and a non-native speaker. You would pick the American?
Riiiiiiiiiiiight! 99% wouldn't though. |
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fledex
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| revenger2013 wrote: |
| fledex wrote: |
| revenger2013 wrote: |
If you had two teachers of the same ability and qualifications - which teacher would you pick - the native speaker or the non-native speaker?
The answer is obvious! |
The native/non-native distinction is a fallacy to begin with. However, if I had two equally qualified teachers from different countries or regions of the world, I would choose the one who is from the country or region where most of the students are from. I have found that this works best when learning another language. This has always been my experience. |
So, if there was two teachers of Arabic with equal qualifications and experience, one from Egypt and a native speaker and the other an American and a non-native speaker. You would pick the American?
Riiiiiiiiiiiight! 99% wouldn't though. |
Even when I was in Saudi, my Arabic teacher was an American. Plus, I would consider him a Native Egyptian Arabic speaker as well. The distinctions are fallacies. By the way, he was also an English teacher, that I would consider native English speaking. This has also been true of some of my Chinese teachers. All were excellent teaching two languages. |
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revenger2013
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| fledex wrote: |
| revenger2013 wrote: |
| fledex wrote: |
| revenger2013 wrote: |
If you had two teachers of the same ability and qualifications - which teacher would you pick - the native speaker or the non-native speaker?
The answer is obvious! |
The native/non-native distinction is a fallacy to begin with. However, if I had two equally qualified teachers from different countries or regions of the world, I would choose the one who is from the country or region where most of the students are from. I have found that this works best when learning another language. This has always been my experience. |
So, if there was two teachers of Arabic with equal qualifications and experience, one from Egypt and a native speaker and the other an American and a non-native speaker. You would pick the American?
Riiiiiiiiiiiight! 99% wouldn't though. |
Even when I was in Saudi, my Arabic teacher was an American. Plus, I would consider him a Native Egyptian Arabic speaker as well. The distinctions are fallacies. By the way, he was also an English teacher, that I would consider native English speaking. This has also been true of some of my Chinese teachers. All were excellent teaching two languages. |
We aren't talking about nationality per se - we are talking about native and non-native speakers and your Arabic teacher was a native speaker!
It doesn't matter a jot if he is an American or not.
Plenty - and I mean plenty of non-native speaking teachers make mistakes with the language they are trying to teach and I would include myself if I tried to teach Spanish. To say that non-native English teachers are better than native English speaking teachers as a whole is complete and utter nonsense. |
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