As a non-native speaker you have to work extra hard. But no one has ever said it was going to be easy, right?
As a non-native speaker you had to go through a long process of learning, memorizing, understanding etc. to learn a foreign language. But, as a non-native speaker of English you have a great advantage, too. You speak another language – your mother tongue, or possibly even more than one language.
This also means that you know more than one phonetic system which you can compare.
And this is what makes us – bilingual people – stand out from the crowd of monolinguals.
We already possess the skills of learning another language or another phonetic system.
So, yes! A non-native CAN teach pronunciation and do it successfully because of the experience of other languages.
And this is what I do .
I have a BA in TEFL. I also hold a British QTS and a Postgraduate Diploma in Bilingual Translation from the University of Westminster in London.
Over the past 13 years, I have worked in schools in the UK, teaching primary subjects such as literacy, numeracy, science etc. as well as teaching EFL.
During those 13 years, I have worked with native students as well as those who spoke English as a foreign or second language, or didn’t speak English at all.
As a bilingual person I know first hand what it’s like to learn a foreign language, what sort of obstacles you have to overcome and what difficulties you experience as a learner.
In addition to English I also speak Polish, French, German and a bit of Russian.
And now, I want to share my experience with you.
Check out my Pronunciation Course here.
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