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Online ESL Teachers for Children Needed (part-time)

tabcrecruiter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:55:09 GMT

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Re: Dialectal variation on ESL tests

cool breeze — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:43:18 GMT

Kooyeen, since you have got no replies, I'll give you one even though I know absolutely nothing about the kind of tests you mention in your post. What is acceptable varies from person to person and therefore there can be no guidelines or standards that are always applicable. I'll give you an example. When I was a student of English Philology at Helsinki University in my younger days, I had to take several tests given by both Finnish professors of English and native lecturers. All of them were undoubtedly marvellously qualified and had long careers behind them. I was once given a translation assignment as homework by a native lecturer. I and the other students in the group had to translate about 10 long sentences from Finnish...

Global issues activity and request for ideas

bmj — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:13:00 GMT

I wanted to share a new activity I've made. It's a worksheet that deals with the subject of poor families around the world getting paid to send their children to school. You can download the activity here: http://zachary-jones.com/english/2010/02/04/global-issues-getting-paid-to-go-to-school/ This is the second article in my "Global Issues" set of activities. The first one was a video and worksheet activity about development in the Dominican Republic. Here's the link if you want to check that one out, too: http://zachary-jones.com/english/2009/11/30/global-issues-development-in-the-dominican-republic/ However, now I've found that my ideas have run thin. I would like to continue doing these types of...

Audio materials in the esl classroom- help please!

kajakin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:46:55 GMT

Hi, I'm currrently doing a tefl course and am a bit confused with this question! What types of audio material do you have access to today which you could use in the classroom? Can you list at least 5 here? Give specific names where possible. I'm not 100% sure what the question is asking me, whether they want me to tell them 5 types of audio that can be used in the classroom i.e. interviews, podcasts etc or whether they're asking me to name the types of audio equipment that are accessible in the classroom. Any guidance will be appreciated. Thanks K

Re: Be being ~ed (continuous passive)

avangi — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:34:52 GMT

It looks like I'm the one with egg on my face again. I guess I'll have to take some ESL classes to learn the definition of "action." All my life I have been laboring under the misapprehension that these are actions: present I display these tires for your consideration. past I displayed these tires for your consideration. present continuous I am displaying these tires for your consideration. I guess when we transform these to passive voice we may then speak of the actor (absent or present) but we may no longer speak of the action . These tires are being displayed for your consideration. Must we call this not an action simply because Mr. Jones is not burning calories throughout the duration? I agree that...

Help edit grammar pls

tran4ga — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:19:26 GMT

LOL a friend of mine asked me to help edit his paper. I editted it, but English is my ESL also. This is a personal statement to a UC... help pls, thanks in advance. First Prompt: What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field - such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities - and what you have gained from your involvement. I determine to be a computer scientist despite the fact that my parents wanted me to be a doctor. I got my first computer when I was fourteen years old. It was a gift from my uncle in a special occasion. He returned to Vietnam from U.S.A the first time after twenty-two...

Teaching strategy and classroom management for esl korean

englishmenrob — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:10:28 GMT

are there any video about esl korean teaching strategy and classroom management?

You Can Read in English But Do You Really Comprehend What You Read?

englishlci — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:57:31 GMT

The reason for reading is to relate what you happen to be reading with what you already know. In this sense, if you do not know anything about what you are reading, it is like trying to grab a handful of air... a wasted effort. Take these digits, for example: 3285784, is difficult to read and retain. 328-5784, is easier to read and retain because of the separation. 363-0246, is easy to grasp due to prior information and organization. Equally, if you are into investing, reading an investment article is easy for you to comprehend, because in your mind you have a background for reading, understanding and storing this information. When reading, comprehension needs motivation, a mental background for saving the ideas, concentration,...

English For Telephone Conversations

englishlci — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:01:56 GMT

Learning how to communicate effectively on the telephone is of top priority for any student that is learning to speak English and is enrolled in an ESL program. You may want to communicate effectively with relatives, friends, or even for a job interview. However, telephoning in English can be tricky, if one does not possess the necessary skills specific for telephone competency. But with continuous practice, determination, and hard work, one can pick up the necessary skills and vocabulary to be able to converse with anyone all over the world. One of the biggest barriers to be able to effectively communicate in English is understanding common phrases, or "slang" language. These are terms that sometimes you might come in contact...

Re: Adverbial objectives

anonymous — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:42:59 GMT

I am an English grammar instructor. Your explanation is excellent as is your reference to the history of the form. However, you have a few errors technically in your examples. Although my Japanese is not strong, I had the pleasure of studying with a Japanese friend who teaches Japanese to American businessmen. We therefore explored both languages from the grammar of each. I hope my corrections can be of benefit for you and perhaps you can share with me the structure in Japanese which accomplishes the same point. I thank you for your lovely explanation as it has helped me to clarify my instruction to my students. In English we rarely refer to noun phrases. We break them down further and therefore the example She is thirty years old...

Grammar Class

anonymous — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:25:14 GMT

Hello, I'm thinking of taking one of ESL grammar classes. Has anyone taken the class? I have a few questions. Do you work with an instructor?

Academic appeal letter

anonymous — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:53:35 GMT

July 13, 2009 Dear Queens College Committee Members: I’m very devastated by the news of my dismissal from this college. I do not blame anyone but myself for this very sad consequence. I believe it was because I was not fully prepared for my college experience. I was not able to keep up with my work properly and efficiently. I know I did not try to the best of my abilities, and I did not seek extra help when I saw I was struggling. Now, after this experience and reordering my priorities, I feel like I have what it takes to become a better student. Being dismissed taught me a valuable lesson which I do not take lightly. I apologize for the lack of attention to my courses in previous semesters and I do not blame anyone but myself for this...

Re: Adequate description

anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:03:07 GMT

< Do I need a master's degree in linguistics to learn a language? > No, but I guess you might need more than the ESL classes you had. Otherwise, why would you be here?

Re: Imporatnce of Grammar to learn English as a second Language

chowdhurymoin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:51:57 GMT

History of English Language-Funny or reality? In the beginning, there was an island off the coast of Europe. It had no name, for the natives had no language, only a collection of grunts and gestures that roughly translated to Hey!Gimme!, and Pardon me, but would you happen to have any woad? Then the Romans invaded it and called it Britain, because the natives were blue, nasty, brutish and short. This was the start of the importance of u (and its mispronunciation) to the language. After building some roads, killing off some of the nasty little blue people and wailing up the rest, the Romans left, taking the language instruction manual with them. The British were bored so they invited the barbarians to come over (under Hengist) and Horsa...

Which building is it? or What building is it?

chenyincheng — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:02:38 GMT

I've always thought that I knew exactly what the distinction is between 'what' and 'which' until a couple of days ago when I came across a classroom situation which completely confused me. It was a conversation in an EFL textbook. Here is the part which confused me: A asked B "Which building is it?" B replied "It is a hospital." Can anyone tell me whether or not this is correct? Because if I was to ask about the same thing, I'd say 'What building is it?' And I'd only use 'Which building is it?' when I'm looking for a particular building, a department store for instance, and I've got so many buildings in front of me that I don't know which one...

Re: Out of

anonymous — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:20:03 GMT

< Multi-word lexemes exist for all classes of words, forming an important extension and continuation of single-word items.> Yes, I agree, and speaking of such, I've also heard the term "compound conjunctions" used, but not by many. Examples would be as soon as, so that, in order to . See here: http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/3140/1/2.CermakFr_s.75-90.pdf Why, in the ESL world, is so little attention given to such forms?

Re: The near absence of the term "spoken grammar"?

anonymous — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:07:40 GMT

<Even in English speaking countries, in their schools, they do not teach children to write the way that the local people speak. > So what do they teach? Do they teach that one should speak how one writes? And one of the major problems in the world of ESL (note this is an ESL forum) is that many students need "features of English that are common in the informal or conversational language" because such students do business with native speakers and/or travel in English speaking countries. One of the main complaints from such students is that even after many years in a locally-based ESL classroom, they cannot understand the "features of English that are common in the informal or conversational...

Re: The near absence of the term "spoken grammar"?

kooyeen — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:22:17 GMT

It seems that even though MrP rejects a box-ticking approach to reading and literature in schools, he does prefer a box-ticking approach to language structures in the ESL classroom. And why should anyone "tick the box" corresponding to your "spoken grammar"? Who are you to decide how things should be described, classified, taught and learned? What is it that makes your approach and opinions obviously better than the others? Opinions are just opinions, they can be discussed, they might make a lot of sense or be completely stupid, or have both pros and cons. There's nothing about whatever you've said so far that makes your opinions necessarily better than any other opinion in this thread.

Re: The near absence of the term "spoken grammar"?

anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:51:47 GMT

It seems that even though MrP rejects a box-ticking approach to reading and literature in schools, he does prefer a box-ticking approach to language structures in the ESL classroom.

Imporatnce of Grammar to learn English as a second Language

chowdhurymoin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:31:30 GMT

Last night I was studying some comments on the above mentioned topic. The following is the reflection of my thought based on my professional experience with ESL: Is ‘Grammar’ essential to learn English as a second language? English is considered to be ‘lingua franca’ because of its widespread influence on ‘global economy’. Our learners have sufficient level of motivation to learn English. Consequently, they are trying to learn English and apply it wherever needed to keep pace with the rest of the world. But our learners are reluctant when it is the question of learning ‘English Grammar’. This tendency is misinterpreted with a school of thought of linguists where they believe ‘Grammar is an obstacle to acquiring English’....

Re: Please anyone helps me to edit my poor grammar.

anonymous — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:12:23 GMT

Hi, were you looking for help with English grammar? If so, you should remove the word "Englishes" because there is only one English. There are dialects, nuances etc... but, really only one English. Most people teach American English where there is no such word as Englishes. Anyways, you are right about the misuse of English. I am an experienced aircraft mechanic and ESL teacher. I am trying to find a job teaching English in the aircraft industry, but it is really hard to do because there is little incentive for companies to employ aircraft mechanics like myself as English teachers even though there is incentive to hire ESL learners into their workforce. I think a lot of the people in the aircraft industry hire ESL...

How Democratic is Your English Classroom?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:13:53 GMT

How democratic is your English classroom? Who gets to speak in class? Whose ideas count? Who chooses the assignments? How do students receive feedback? Do students have a chance to conference with their instructors? Can YouTube be a valuable source for homework assignment? Do you want your students to become self-directed - or autotelic - in their studies? Here=92s a quick checklist for ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers that I created for a recent CATESOL (California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) workshop called =93Techniques for a More Democratic Classroom=94. My core assumption remains that giving students more opportunities to literally speak, write, and share their insights leads to a more engaging,...

How Democratic is Your English Classroom?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:06:41 GMT

How democratic is your ESL classroom? Who gets to speak in class? Whose ideas count? Who chooses the assignments? How do students receive feedback? Do students have a chance to conference with their instructors? Can YouTube be a valuable source for homework assignment? Do you want your students to become self-directed - or autotelic - in their studies? Here=92s a quick checklist for English teachers that I created for a recent CATESOL (California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) workshop called =93Techniques for a More Democratic Classroom=94. My core assumption remains that giving students more opportunities to literally speak, write, and share their insights leads to a more engaging, dynamic, and valuable classroom...

Re: Short survey for those teaching English as a second language

jim walsh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:43:25 GMT

(in article (Email Removed)): Hello everybody, My name is Nadia and I'm an U.S. college graduate pursuing my certification in Early Childhood Teaching in ... like to help me complete my research, please answer the questions below: In which city and country do you teach? Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China What is the school's name? English Bridge School (a privately owned English language school). What grade do you teach? From pre-school to adult. What is the children average age? Most are between 8 and 14. How many children do you have in your class? Depends. 8 is about average. On what grade in your school are children first introduced to English as a second language? We only teach English. Children in Taiwan are introduced to...

Re: Kinds of a verb

yankee — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:41:38 GMT

Hi Tom Believe it or not, in all my years of teaching ESL classes, I don't believe anyone ever asked me that question. You're the first. I don't think you can simply say "There are X kinds of verbs" without first stating what aspect you are trying to categorize. For example, there are regular and irregular verbs. However, in each of those categories, there will be transitive and intrasitive verbs. The transitivity of a verb has no connection whatsoever with whether it is regular or not. You might also categorize verbs this way: - Action verbs - Linking verbs - Helping (auxiliary) verbs So, in a nutshell, I guess I would say that your question is impossible to answer.

Re: [Conjugation/tense] Would have

einde o'callaghan — Sun, 13 May 2007 23:15:32 GMT

David schrieb: David schrieb: the meaning may be obvious to you since ... barrelled name it is difficult to work out the sense. Firstly, I wouldn't call it a double barrelled name, I'd reserve that term for surnames. I would tend to agree with you there but I couldn't think of another term for the double forename. Secondly, although it might be difficult to work out the sense (and I really don't see why it should be, ... foreign language), the fact of your coming out with every possible meaning but the right one is very, very fishy. It woujld have been clearer if you'd used a single forename, but since with this Yorkshire non-Saxon genitive there is no way of telling which of a string of nouns is actually a genitive...

Going beyond hello when meeting new people

Sun, 13 May 2007 10:55:26 GMT

How can we get our students to talk more in class? Here's my first two days of materials for my advanced ESL classes designed to set a tolerant, open, and rigorous approach. The lesson comes from the book called "Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics" that I recently wrote from my experiences teaching at Santa Monica College. Enjoy! GOING BEYOND HELLO "Accept me as I am - only then will we discover each other." Federico Fellini (1920-1993), Italian director/screenwriter Telling Your Story: Please interview the person sitting next to you. Feel free to add or skip any questions that you want. Take turns talking, jot down some notes, and prepare to introduce your partner to our class....

Re: ESL Classes for Patients

Sun, 13 May 2007 10:41:58 GMT

Does anyone know of a hospital or clinic that offers ESL classes for patients or Patients' families? Give us a clue. Which continent would you like to know about? DC Trish - While I haven't heard of any such classes in Southern California, you have raised a great question. Our hospitals, rather dreary and depressing places, could use classes and/or tutors. There are, of course, many classes offerred in senior citizen citizens and community centers in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Good luck. Eric

Re: Reading English News on the Internet

Sun, 13 May 2007 10:38:38 GMT

Hello educators and ESL learners I'd like to announce the publication of a new resource for anyone using the internet ... general edition and a bilingual Japanese-English edition are available at Amazon and other major bookstores. Thanks Dr. David Petersen lulu.com/lang-arts David - Thank you for posting that valuable and practical tip. I also like using the Voice of America-Special English materials. Let me also share one of my lessons that I have developed that you might useful. How can we get our students to talk more in class? Here's my first two days of materials for my advanced ESL classes designed to set a tolerant, open, and rigorous approach. The lesson comes from the book called "Compelling Conversations: Questions...

Re: Interavtive whtie board in teaching

django cat — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:30:56 GMT

Hi everyone! anyone here ever use the interactive white board in teaching esl/ efl? currently we are exploring the idea, ... to have great potentintial, students are much more motiviated and the teacher reports that his students' scores are getting better. PS Why? Our students don't think the whiteboards per se are any big deal. Being able to bring up Google images to reveal a picture of some concrete noun object (last week it was rhubarb) or use online dictionaries with classes is brilliant, but none of this depends on shelling out for the interactive whiteboard. When I've got students up to use the things they don't like them. And God forbid what happens if some prat writes on one of them with a conventional, ink- based...

Re: Interavtive whtie board in teaching

django cat — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:27:28 GMT

Hi everyone! anyone here ever use the interactive white board in teaching esl/ efl? currently we are exploring the idea, ... great potentintial, students are much more motiviated and the teacher reports that his students' scores are getting better. any comments? Yes. We have them in virtually all classrooms. Waste of money. Every time I try to write on the thing with the digital pens I have to recalibrate it. I once did a cut up and rearrange activity, using drag and drop to shift sentences round, which worked in a half hearted sort of way, but it wasn't anything you couldn't do in another way. Projecting a giant desktop and leaping about clicking icons with your fingers is kinda fun, but then again, unless you get one of the...

English tutors complain of Chinese abuse (AP story)

mark fletcher — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:13:59 GMT

English tutors complain of Chinese abuse By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 5, 12:36 PM ET BEIJING - Tanya Davis fled Jizhou No. 1 Middle School one winter morning in March before the sun rose over the surrounding cotton fields covered with stubble from last fall's crop. In the nine months Davis and her boyfriend had taught English at the school in rural north China, they had endured extra work hours, unpaid salaries and frigid temperatures without heating and, on many days, electricity. Hearts pounding and worried their employer would find a pretext to stop them leaving, the couple lugged their backpacks, suitcase, books and guitar past a sleeping guard and into a taxi. As they drove away, "the sense of relief was...

Short survey for those teaching English as a second language

nastolfi — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:28:04 GMT

Hello everybody, My name is Nadia and I'm an U.S. college graduate pursuing my certification in Early Childhood Teaching in New Jersey City University. For one of my research assignments I chose the topic "Foreign Language Teaching in Europe Primary Schools". I'm interested in teaching methods and how they're implemented in the curriculum. If you teach English as a second language or had any experience in teaching English or any other foreign language for an European primary classroom and would like to help me complete my research, please answer the questions below: In which city and country do you teach? What is the school's name? What grade do you teach? What is the children average age? How many children do...

Re: How to overcome tongue-tied pronunciation?

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:14:47 GMT

even >>someone with >>formal >>ESL certification >>> would not in >>depth >>knowledge of how >>> > all articulators (lips, tongue, ... up with some more >>> examples for each of the items on the 'this pron feature doesn't >>> matter' list. That's an interesting thought. Degrees of usefulness would be more ... this word, how much do you darn well want'? DC The English classes in East Asia traditionally have placed very little emphasis on listening and speaking skills. One consequence of ... to the TOEFL website. It shows when the new test will be available in each country. http://www.ets.org/toefl/nextgen/index.html Steve Bo...

Re: How to overcome tongue-tied pronunciation?

steve bo — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:11:17 GMT

Hi, I need some advice regarding ESL instruction. I don't have any formal ESL training or certification, but I do ... Where would she look for this kind of tutoring? It doesn't seem to be available at her university. Thanks, netmon66 I am in New York City and almost all accent reduction classes here are run by speech therapists. They have in depth knowledge of how all articulators (lips, tongue, etc...) need to move in order to produce each sound. Also there are pleanty of products you can buy that will teach an American accent. There are pleanty of books, tapes, and videos, but I believe software is best because it gives you all the advantages of the other formats and more. In fact, my company, AccentMaster.com not only has...

Re: ELT publications and books - teachers preferences and questions

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:09:40 GMT

Hello, What questions would you ask when facing some representative trying to attract you with ELT Books/ Seminars offer? Here's ... you are (would be) an English teacher - what questions You would ask? (methods used? layout/ material organisation? what else?).. All the above Artur, plus: Who are the authors? Have I heard of them and/or used one of their previous books? Is it a reputable publisher such as the ones below? How many free copies can I blag? Are parts of it allowed to be photocopied? Is it so ubiquitous (Headway) that my students will have done it all in their previous schools? Does the guy who runs the language school down the street use it? Is the language set UK, US, or International? Are there sufficient activities in...

Re: Foreign-born parents emphasis on their children learning English

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:09:02 GMT

For my education class at the University, we have been studying bilingual education. More specifically, we have been reading studies ... their children to succeed in American schools? Any comments I could receive from my inquisitions would be very much appreciated. OK, here's a comment. USENET is an international forum, not just a talking shop for Americans. I'm 'foreign-born' from where you're standing, as are millions of other native English speakers around the world, all of whom can read and respond to your posting tonight. Your study sounds really interesting, though I can't help thinking it's natural for parents to understand that their children need to learn the language of instruction before they can...

Self-study English literacy for English 14-year-olds living abroad

tilleuls2 — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 08:54:33 GMT

Hello all, I teach English as a second language in France and this year I have 2 English girls, aged 14, who have moved from England to France with their families. Of course, what I teach (EFL) is irrelevant to them. Yet, I'd like them to progress in written English and general literacy skills. I'm therefore looking for a self-study book with answers so that they can work on their own. There can't be any teacher input into it since I have no classroom time for them. Let me know if such a publication exits. Can it be ordered on the the Internet? I really appreciate your help in this matter because I'm not aware of the requirements of the English national curriculum and I'm doing this as a favour to these pupils. Again...

Re: Making the web safe for children

levis mcmurray — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:37:50 GMT

I first would like to say that I had not heared about the "GoogleSafe" page before and think it would be a great tool to use if it can guarantee the security it claims. I think it would be beneficial for my own personal use when searching the internet by cutting out any irrelevant material that i do not care/or need to see. All schools could have their computers set to google safe as the default search page and/or default home page if they do not have their own personal hompage. I am currentlly nearing the end of my third year at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta in the Education program. I am looking forward to one day teaching English or ESL at the Sr. High level and I believe that I would deffinately use this...

Re: Two flowers are on the desk.

cybercypher — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:13:48 GMT

Oliver Cromm wrote on 18 Jan 2005: I will agree that the pop song "There's a Moon ... tonight" would not strike me as anything more than banal. On a side note, the direct translation of "a moon" into German sounds quite strange, (if you mean the earth's ... to explain to me, but here's an opportunity to reflect on all the details an ESL speaker has to handle. I have to deal with this kind of direct translation every day. Almost all the students in my classes say things like "I have to lose my weight", which is really no different from "I have to wash my {hair/hands/face}", but the first is not idiomatic in English and the second is. In French, however, it's not idiomatic to say...

Re: English revolution sweeping the world

jukka aho — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:40:57 GMT

The problem is that you need a neutral universal language to make it work. If you replace, English with say, ... of French or Canadian people, and maybe you'd understand, hehe, especially if the goal is to merge the various varieties. Note that what we are talking here is a body that would regulate and standardize the use of English for those who learn it as a second language in a foreign country , not for those who speak it as the first language in a predominantly English-speaking country. Also note that the affected people would only be those who neither currently live in nor have any plans for moving in to an English-speaking country. (If someone later does, good for him, but then he will naturally adapt to using the local variety...

Re: ESL vs ELS

django cat — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:58:51 GMT

Thanks for that. Very interesting. A very clear rebuttal of Jenkins' proposals. I've read that Jenkins and an Austrian colleague ... those aspects of the different Englishes that cause the sorts of problems you describe above (when different national errors collide), Mmm, OK. I think these things are organic and just happen. There are probably more people in the world right now who think that 'funny' means 'of or pertaining to having a good time' rather than 'makes you laugh'. Maybe Jenkins and her Austrian mate could get a bunch of people to go round explaining why this should or should not be part of the naturally evolving ELF. Maybe they could call such people... teachers. I suppose the question is...

Re: ESL vs ELS

django cat — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:48:34 GMT

You've got anuvver fing coming, ven. ELF might mark the end of dental fricatives as we know vem. What's more, ... she proposes that native speakers need to undergo retraining so that they themselves use the modified pronunciation of the LFC. But anybody who travelled and has any wit whatever will modify their speech into International Minglish. Which is not to say that there aren't millions of ugly English speakers who make no concessions whatever... Furthermore, she suggests that since non-native speakers have undergone the painful process of learning English, they are more attuned to the needs of other learners, which is why students always tell you other non-narive speakers are far easier to understand than native...