How do you feel about english teachers who are not native speakers of english language are teaching american children?
2007-08-04 02:19:03 · 9 answers · asked by Kostyan 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Have you heard a child born in the Midwest who was taught in the deep South or Texas speak?
I was born in the Midwest and raised in New England. Many of my relatives were living in Kentucky. The United States of America has always had groups who spoke the language differently or even used a slightly different vocabulary. Most of us can survive with this.
Inner-city language is difficult for rural dwellers to understand. This is true for people born and raised as "Americans".
It just make things more difficult when students must pay so much attention to how something is being said that they get lost in what is being spoken. This is true for college students as well as grade schoolers.
I do not mind accents. A difference in culture can be more educational than the topic at hand. But teaching does depend heavily upon verbal communication. One would think that some standard should be set so "no child is really left behind".
2007-08-04 02:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Why not? Many foreigners speak better English than Americans(or Canadians) as they have recently learned it and therefore all the rules of grammar are still fresh in their minds. As well, the slang has yet to be picked up and incorporated into their vocabulary. American English is not deteriorating but rather evolving/changing. All languages change over time. English didn't even originate in England. Most current languages are sub-languages of older languages.
2007-08-04 09:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by CAnderson 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. Changing, yes; thousands of new words enter the language every year. For the most advanced work, having a native speaker of the tongue is probably advantageous, but for routine work, a sound basic education is sufficient.
2007-08-04 09:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yo it be.
I don't care what the first language of a teacher was. I want all teachers to know their subject and pass a test every 5 years to prove it. I also want all students to be tested.
People who whine about standardized tests are usually parents of children who failed the tests or teachers who don't want to do their jobs.
2007-08-04 09:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems people are talking and writing less and less real english. It is alright to use other in places but it sems that the schools are not even teaching english correctly anymore.
2007-08-04 09:23:00 · answer #5 · answered by ronnny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That dialect ? Oh, don't worry, it doesn't matter.
HEY, DON'T CRITICIZE THE NON NATIVE TEACHERS !
Most, of not all, speak a better english than the native speakers
2007-08-04 11:51:44 · answer #6 · answered by Dios es amor 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
one could say that american english is just a deterioration of british english...
so, no...it's not deteriorating, it's just changing...
2007-08-04 09:27:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
languages don't deteriorate, they either evolve or die Mr.
2007-08-04 09:23:11 · answer #8 · answered by erotikos_stratiotis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes.
yes
and yes.
2007-08-04 09:26:30 · answer #9 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋