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It is true - native speakers just know 😉
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My kids are in an Immersion School, learning both German and English. They have often said that English is far more complicated an...
Yup, this is why, after teaching English abroad for a few years, I got my master's degree in teaching English. Being a native spea...
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As someone who's still learning English in the wild, I think that the only way to learn a language is by feel. There are no rules....
SV
SO true! I work in an immigrant-heavy school, and it's tough to explain the colloquialisms we have. I just tell the kids that Eng...
VV
English is, like, four languages in a trenchcoat, with the pockets stuffed full of bits of other languages.
I was a French teacher for awhile and I got really good at explaining rules and the irregularities. I even loved the subjunctive a...
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French is also tough!! (No pun intended 🙈🤣)
MG
I had a roommate in college whose native language was Mandarin. He once asked, "your car is the blue small car, right?" I replied,...
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I would ask my Canadian colleague specific grammar questions. She confessed she dreaded my questions and she feared she would conf...
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