Non-native language teachers in Arizona

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There is a language debate in Arizona. The issue is whether non-native speakers of English with heavy accents should teach Enhglish. Here are my views.

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• bilingualism

[Meskiagkasher]

native speakers are often lazy and imprecise with their language. a native speaker as teacher is not necessarily better in language skills.

i am not natively speaking or writing english, but i have not yet met an american who knew english grammar or etymology better than i do.

[lingosteve]

@Meskiagkasher Your written English contains a few non-natural phrases, but that is not the point. The point is that I would prefer to learn from a native speaker, no matter what language I am learning. I would not want to learn from a non-native speaker.

[AnwendEihwaz]

Although I believe independent learning is the best for languages (depending on the person), I do think that in some cases non-native teachers can even be better than native teachers. Whereas the native teachers were born with the knowledge only to later learn the ins and outs, and a non-native teacher had to learn it from the ground up, and in many cases, knows better how to describe these words to the students learning that language than someone with an inherent knowledge.

[hotstuffjetcars]

I'll throw something else into the mix.

Beginning January 2011, California has passed a bill that will allow Native American languages to be taught.

Who would you want to learn from?

Before Turtle Island was invaded by the Europeans, there were existing tribes of Indigenous people that were forced to learn a language that was not their own.

English is the language of people from England.

Spanish is the language of people from Spain.

Nahuatl is the language of people from Mexico.

All are American

[Meskiagkasher]

@devourerofbabies No. Hinduism is a religion.

But there is Hindi.

[robertogan]

Herr Kaufmann, I think that you're right when you say that people have the right to determine whether they want their region to be bilingual or not; however, I come from American, and I assure you that there are so many narrow-minded and racist people here that it is unbelievable. The bigots and racists are not limited to the lower class. Many so-called educated people here are narrow minded bigots.

[SueUTube]

Good lord man, spit it out.

Does it take you twenty minutes to order a cup of coffee? Please don't ever work at a 911 call center. Uh, er, uh....And 900 numbers are out too.

[Fasulye2009]

Warum sollte ich nicht Niederländisch unterrichten? Ich mache oft Korrekturen der niederländischen Sprache hier im Internet, könnte englische Texte ins Niederändische übersetzen, kenne das Land und dessen Mentalität und Kultur in jeder Hinsicht. und die Niederländer selbst wissen oft gar nicht, dass ich Deutsche bin. Nur weil meine Eltern keine Niederländer sind? Fasulye

[phonicsquest]

I knew you were a racist, one more of your “qualities”…I knew it. You do not own the English language, you moron, the English language belongs to the world….asshole…..

[devourerofbabies]

Is there such a thing as the Hindu language?

[77AdHominem]

@Orlan54 There was a study that said 17% of all Mexican-Americans in the US can speak English and Spanish fluently. I'm Hispanic, and I've known quite a few who have, too. Of course, its usually reserved for use in the home around close friends and family, so I'm not too surprised you don't know of too many who speak it publicly. It's probably out of courtesy.