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Hi, I just wanted to give you people a suggestion. I think it would be more fun if you would collaborate with people from different countries and discuss their culture in podcasts. This would help the people from the same culture enjoy the cultural context they always miss while learning different language and also will be fun for others to know the other cultures more closely. I would love to do such collaboration where we will be talking on our culture, Indian culture which is really diversified but unified. Btw great work people!

I love your teaching method! Accent’s Andrea is amazing ! She speaks slowly and makes me really happy because I see she is emphatic and calm too. Bth I really appreciate each of yours but my amazing favorite teacher is Andrea! Awww yeah

Aww yeah Ethan, I was actually looking for a lesson and then I saw this thumbnail and I am over the moon and top of the world. I can't wait for this podcast to premiere. I absolutely adore these podcasts. Cheers to my fabulous English fluency coaches.

Native teachers are better for advanced students, their advantage is that they can teach you natural expressions that you wouldn't find in a textbook, in addition to connective speech, that is crucial, whereas non-natives are maybe even better for a beginner or intermediate because they know the difficulties you're going through having been there themselves. Anyway, you can do a lot even on your own if you're consistent and with the help of some tool like Reverso Context, which basically is similar to having a native companion whom to ask for a natural way or structure to say something. But without consistency and patience, nobody will save you.

Nativespeakersim is a very interesting topic which - despite being an English teacher here in the States for over 20 years - I've just become aware of. I think it's quite complex but I appreciate this conversation. Of course there is no reason native speaking teachers would have better methodologies than anyone else. It is unjust that non-natives would be excluded from certain teaching positions. At the same time, I admit I have a harder time and more conflicted feelings when I contemplate fully letting go of the idea that native speakers of whatever language have an instinct for it. I am still processing my thoughts on all this. Thank you for your heartfelt talk, I will meditate on the points you made.

That's cool,guys. Also, I'm happy to see Justin showing up😂

I agree. Many of the best English teachers are non-native English speakers. Of course, native speakers have the advantage of knowing instinctively what to say, but non-natives often know the rules better. That being said, there are problems that English learners should be on the lookout for. First, there are many English "teachers" on KZfaq who are not real teachers, and their explanations of grammar are not always clear or complete. Second, there are some non-native English "teachers" who share incorrect grammar.

Thank you, Ethan Andrea and Justin. This is a podcast in my listening skills to enhance even a lot of useful. It was fantastic and interesting. I see glad to three English fluency coaches here. You have the best way to be able to do that is awesome every single episode.

Please upload more podcasts ! They are so helpful 🙂 😸!

In my personal experience, my English speaking started to improve when I finally had the access to a native speaker.. Also, native speakers know good English even when they're sleepy, tired, and not ready. With a native speaker I only got C- when a non native speaker gave me B.

Really great to listen to this podcast while in a leisure time

Great! Awesome to see y'all guys..

Thank you guys for podcast. The only reason I want to have a native teacher is that his/her accent. I like British accent, so I'm trying to watch more videos and TV shows with this accent. But your lessons are great. Thanks a lot!

Both you guys are awesome but Andrea is just amazing, the way she pronounces the words and speak is just sublime and angelical 👼She is the cherry of the cake 🍒 👍😍

Thank you Ethan to make this video. I really respect you and your team and this thanks come from my heart............................................................may you live long and help people like me who want to learn English.

Awww yeah, it was such a fantastic podcast, so thank you ever so much for this amazing moment.

the way u guys teach is simply wicked.i love it.keep it up

OMG 😃👍 it's so amazing that you're helping everyone with English.👍😃😍

Wow thank you for this remarkable session

Honestly I m enjoying your each and every podcast as well as video lesson since last year. Good job both eathan and andera. 😁

Awww yeah thanks guys for this podcast it's really useful😍😍😍😍😍😍

As always, you guys are awesome!

Thanks for making this lesson, RealLife guys! I totally agree with you guys! I tried so many teachers to help my pronunciation, finally I found the Russian teacher who found a problem is about my tongue, so we did many tongue exercise! But, I also met some great native speaker teachers who inspired me to dig more 😉Well, it’s not about native speaker teacher or non-native speaker teacher in my book, we need to find the teacher who is suitable for us ! Btw, lately , I discovered another type of teacher, native speaker who’s learning my native language, the reason is they know the common mistakes we make , and know how to use my native language to explain English 😆

Thank you ✨💙

Thank you so much for this phenomenal podcasts😇💐 Take love from India ❤️😇💐

"discriminatory " has two pronunciations, British and American. mu ears are opened.

It often can be an advantage to have a native as a teacher. But natives usually don't know any grammar rules or how to teach English so in this case it's better to have a non native speaker as a teacher :)

Yess...new lesson

Awwwwww yeah this is a amazing podcast .

Thanks a lot! I really love RealLife Podcast which can wonderfully improve my listening skill.By the way, can I know that Tr. Ethan, Andrea and Justin all are native English teachers?

Very good!!

Hi, y'all such eloquent speakers I agree with native speakers can't explain grammar, and non-native speakers can explain grammar because they do study English grammar there is that English second language. My Hindi is the native language I'm fluent in the Hindi language but can't explain Hindi grammar so, native speakers English is the native language, however, I think native speakers are a good teacher we can imitation them and we can improve our articulation. This podcast is amazing I liked it a lot.

Aww Ethan I'm happy bunny after watching.I think native are better for those learns who have the knowledge of intermediate level English. I can't thank you enough for RL Team .You are like An Earth Angel👼.

I really like it.

I really like native accent

First, I love your podcast. It’s formula American English vs. British English is excellent, and you both are really great teachers. Many thanks, congratulations and a good luck! As for the term “Native Speakerism” (which suggests a kind of discrimination or abuse), I don’t think it’s quite appropriate in the context of teaching a foreign language. Let me explain my opinion. What are the criteria that a good (e.g. English language) teacher should meet? She/he should have: 1. appropriate theoretical skills (linguistic education, the thorough knowledge of the given country and nation’s culture, teaching methods, etc.); 2. practical skills: the ability to speak the language perfectly, fluently and naturally, with an impeccable accent, with an abundant use of idioms, etc. While the chances of meeting criteria no. 1 are (more or less) equal between native and non-native teachers, the criteria no. 2, in my opinion, can only be met by either a native or a truly bilingual person, and very, very rarely by someone else. So, it’s quite natural that natives are preferred when looking for a good, competent language teacher, especially for advanced adult learners, or for young children at any level. And I don’t think that preferring a more competent teacher over a less competent one should be considered discriminatory against the latter.

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Hi, I have a problem with articulation, I am able to listen and read but when it comes to speaking I do not get enough words to express myself , how do I solve this issue??

The discussion is interesting but I guess that you should've invited a non native English teacher as well. In my opinion, anyone who has potential and is willing to teach could also be a "good teacher". In my student life, I've had 'native English teachers' who couldn't even explain well the use of the present perfect! And I've had non native English teachers who could explain easily but their pronunciation was a catastrophe!! Greetings from South America 😊

IHOP I think we should get both of them (if we can), with native speakers teachers we can train our ears better and maybe get a better way to work with our accent and with non-native maybe we can be helped with our weakness a little more because the teacher can make emphasis in our weakness. There is another point we would like to comment....I disagree....In my real-life Spanish speakers tend to make fun of my mistakes but English native speakers try to help me and they like my effort to get communication in their language

Another word Andrea pronounced differently: 'Controversy vs Con'troversy

Native teacher is better for what you learn whereas non-native teacher is better for how you learn. To me native teachers are better than non-native teachers in many points: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking. But there are just some things non-native speakers may be better: they may help the learners understand better a word whose meaning is exactly expressed in the learner's language, they may share better their experience in learning English with the same perspective of all the learners from the same country and culture. Finally it really depends on your goal of learning English. All the non-listening skills can be taught well by non-native teachers but when it comes to listening, we really do need native teachers to help practice listening as well as pronunciation in the best way. If a non-native teacher has a very close accent (as well as fluency level and rhythm of speaking) to a native speaker, that will be the best choice for all the learners.

it is better to listen to any native english speaker, to improve our listenig

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no, if the teachers are natives but they never have learned another language especially after a young age. Natives are good ones if they know the process of learning a new language.

The native teacher is good for advanced learners not for beginners or intermediate learners

Teacher andrea looks the most beautiful cowgirl 😘😘😘😘

it doesn't matter if you are a native English teacher if you want to teach English in China, but you must have a white face even though you may not know English . this is just a fact that overseas Chinese can not find English teaching jobs in China or they find it hard to find those jobs.

"... a teacher that is a language learner themself (or themselves)...": ok so here was the gender neutral they, but why use "that"? Wouldn't "who" have been more correct? Is "that" ok because we're talking about a category (like Justin's "people that") or does this too emphasizes gender neutrality? Or maybe just a slip?

The discussion is interesting but I guess that you should've invited a non native English teacher as well. In my opinion, anyone who has potential and is willing to teach could also be a "good teacher". In my student life, I've had 'native English teachers' who couldn't even explain well the use of the present perfect! And I've had non native English teachers who could explain easily but their pronunciation was a catastrophe!! Greetings from South America 😊