Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

My son is 2 years 4 months old. He is having problems in learning English. We are not native speakers. How can we teach English?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

As I mentioned in the previous discussion, we are not native speakers. Our mother tongue is different from English. We are really struggling to teach my son English. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.

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Lynn Fowler Find some age-appropriate children's programs on TV or Youtube for him to watch regularly.

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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AmberLynn Native simply means that the language is something they were taught when learning to speak, read, and wrtie. It doesn't necessarily mean the person is proficient in the intricacies of the language, but it does mean that the person would understand short hand...

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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BarBaraPrz It just means that they've been speaking it since birth and so understand it better.

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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Fiacre Banks @biooss I suppose a native speaker is one who has spoken it since birth rather than one who is native to the country where the language originated. But yes, the word native is a bit deceptive here. Curious that I am Irish, live in Ireland and speak Irish but...

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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Courage7 Native simply is a term for natural speaker of the language say for instance speaking English since birth, thus more likely to be more familiar with the colloquialisms and so forth.

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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marguicha It has to do with speaking it from the infancy. It doesn´t mean that they speak well

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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snowy They would know the slang and jargon that is used widely in their countries.

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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Juliaacv The countries that you mentioned here are all countries where English is the first national language, and the majority of the population speaks it very well.

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Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash liked this • 21 Aug 18

Why are people from US and Canada are called native English speakers?

Pradeep Halebeedu Prakash @biooss (17) 21 Aug 18

I am in Hong Kong and most of the teaching jobs here has a requirement for native English speakers. I am wondering, why the term native is included and what is unique about these people. I realized most of the native speakers are...

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Michele It is meant to denote that English is their first language,and maybe it is the predominate language of the country they were born in.

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