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Jelly T. de Jong - 2004-07-20
In response to NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED (Moses)

Yes, I also think it is rather naive to insist on native speakers to occupy language teaching positions. When I lived in Spain, the local people would come to ME (a Dutch national) for advice on spelling of their language. I have learned to teach Spanish as a foreign language to non- native speakers of Spanish. Most Spanish have not learned this. Neither did I learn to teach Dutch as a foreign language to foreigners. After one has learned how to teach a language as a foreign language, one can work VERY hard to get to near native speaker level. If one, on top of all this, is a truly committed teacher, then one is a very good teacher, isn't it?

Messages In This Thread
NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Moses -- 2004-06-20
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Jelly T. de Jong -- 2004-07-20
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Ian -- 2004-06-20
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED(lan) -- Eddie Lee(China) -- 2004-06-21
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED(lan) -- Ian -- 2004-06-23
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED(lan) -- PETER NJODZEKA -- 2004-06-21
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Hiko Goto -- 2004-06-20
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Ian -- 2004-06-21
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Zhang -- 2004-06-22
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- boots43 -- 2004-06-23
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED(lan) -- Kelvin( Hunan) -- 2004-06-22
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Ian -- 2004-06-23
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Mike B -- 2004-06-21
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- PETER NJODZEKA -- 2004-06-21
Re: NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTED -- Chunping Alex Wu -- 2004-07-25
Native English Speaker Link -- Richard Guy -- 2005-01-09
Nice Web site guy and great science too -- esl in asia -- 2005-01-09
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