Does being a Native Speaker mean that you are qualified and prepared to teach your native language?
Why is there too much fuss around the Native Speaker issue? When it comes to teaching a foreign language, your nationality does not make you a teacher.
It turns out that people are often concern about sounding like a native, and they lose sight of what is truly important when acquiring a new language.
This week we are talking about a TED Talk by Araik Arzumanyan, fighting the native speaker fallacy.
If you would like to access this talk, here is the link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMLFkK4zTO8&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
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