tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post4554907631136001162..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: 40% of public school native speakers are... unqualifiedmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-27570774764932830312012-10-10T18:25:33.750+09:002012-10-10T18:25:33.750+09:00From a British perspective this preoccupation with...From a British perspective this preoccupation with "unqualified" native speakers is rather strange. My brother studied French and German at university, and as part of the course he was required to do a year abroad, so he worked as an English assistant at a <i>lycée</i> (high school, more or less) in France.<br /><br />Like probably most language assistants in schools throughout Europe, he was "unqualified" by Korean standards because he didn't yet have a degree, although he did speak fluent or near-fluent French. But as far as I know no-one in Europe complains about unqualified assistants because they are not expected to teach classes on their own. Their job is to help the professional teachers and do things they cannot do, running through conversation exercises and helping to improve student' speaking a listening abilities by exposing them to a real live native speaker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com