IS IT BETTER TO HAVE A NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHER VS. A NON NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHER?
It is always better to have a teacher who is both a native-speaker and one EDUCATED in the fundamentals of teaching in his/her native language and your target language, and one who has the ability to manage the classroom dynamics so that an atmosphere of learning is continuous and all students an opportunity to learn the target language. Moreover, teachers who BELIEVE in your ability to learn and who raise the linguistic bar are superior and here at MISS. However, being a native-speaker in a language does not mean that you can TEACH in the native language. (Think about how many native English speakers that you are familiar with who are incapable of teaching English). Near-native speaking educators also make excellent teache rs and bring a different, and sometimes more “alert,” comparative analysis to the target language.
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