Tip of the week: Why choose a native tongue English teacher ( Tyrone Fahey Inglês Profissional)

I suggest this if possible, if not, its not the end of the world. I know lots of very good nonnative tongue English teachers but I believe that it is better going to the source. Research has shown that the main advantage of native teachers is evidently to be found in their superior linguistic and communicative competence of the language since it is their mother tongue and they can use it with greater spontaneity and naturalness in a considerable variety of situations. On the other hand, non nativetongue teachers usually display a poorer competence, acquired through study and effort which disallows spontaneity. In addition, they normally experience problems with pronunciation, colloquial expressions, (particularly slang) and certain types of vocabulary. Their linguistic competence is usually a little outdated and very much influenced by textbook language which is then later taught as their linguistic model.