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Apollyon - 2011-04-13
In response to Non-native Speakers (Native Teacher)

There's a New Broom at my university in Shanghai, and a lot of dust
> is being swept into the eyes of the few remaining
> native-English-speaking foreign experts. (The school now has a
> penchant for hiring NON-native-speakers to teach--or, rather, attempt
> to teach--oral English.)

Well, I'm not surprised at all. Credits to your University for being an equal opportunity employer.

By the way,
What's wrong with non-native speakers teaching oral. Are you saying that non-native speakers can't speak English at all?

Hell, I've seen lots of non-natives speakers teaching and most of them are really good if not better than some white guys.

Well, I'm up for my usual hour at 4 in the morning to find myself lost-I blame the evil cold lager i had the night before, on account of my running out of real-ale.

I was trying to find posts on EF Changchun 2011 the ongoing saga (did briefly stumble on a 2009 episode where of course they were just as bad) However, this is interesting "native speaker" is still very much alive today, seven years on, but we are still having this debate years later about native versus non-native teachers.

Is it just me or is it more difficult to find things on this site?

Messages In This Thread
Need Shelter from the Storm in Shanghai -- Laowai -- 2004-10-03
Non-native Speakers -- Native Teacher -- 2004-10-03
Re Non-native Speakers -- Apollyon -- 2011-04-13
Re Non-native Speakers -- Bavarian biers -- 2011-04-14
What's wrong, you ask? -- Laowai -- 2004-10-03
You may be right -- Native Teacher -- 2004-10-03
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