In my opinion, both non-native and native English teacher have advantages and disadvantages in teaching prounciation.
Firstly, as a native teacher who spent a lot of ...
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In my opinion, both non-native and native English teacher have advantages and disadvantages in teaching prounciation.
Firstly, as a native teacher who spent a lot of years in teaching pronunciation, I absolutely benefited from the preference that many English learners have to learn from a native teacher. And it's not always just because native teachers have mastered the language. Besides, there's also sometimes a perception that non-native teachers use more outdated methods. This may stem from experiences with uninspired teachers in school using traditional methods.
Secondly, the obvious advantage of having native teachers is that they know the language. They can speak fluently, but more than that, they are usually able to model its use in a particularly natural way , of course they can easily find your mispronuncition such as: stress, intonation, rhythm...While non-native teachers know the chalenges students will face beacuse they have already faced. For me non-native teachers prepare for their lesson carefully.
Finally, pronunciation of words includes the way words and if non-native teachers own native accent is very different from native English, it could affect students level of English speaking and pronuncition skills so It is ver important that both native and non-native teachers is clear in order to get high score in speaking tests.
