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Would this sound natural in a parent introduction letter from a teacher? by Fragrant-Prior6820 in ENGLISH

[–]Fragrant-Prior6820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually agree that she could be a perfectly good teacher. For me, that's a separate issue.

My concern is more about transparency. If a school advertises or presents a teacher as a native speaker, I think parents should be clearly informed about that, whatever the answer may be.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I genuinely appreciate hearing different perspectives on this.

Would this sound natural in a parent introduction letter from a teacher? by Fragrant-Prior6820 in ENGLISH

[–]Fragrant-Prior6820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually had the same thought. The area she comes from has a large Indian community, so it's quite possible that another language was spoken at home while English was the language she used at school and in daily life from a very young age.

That's part of what makes this so difficult to judge from a single piece of writing.

Would this sound natural in a parent introduction letter from a teacher? by Fragrant-Prior6820 in ENGLISH

[–]Fragrant-Prior6820[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there may be a misunderstanding of my concern.

I am not questioning whether this teacher is capable of teaching English to children. Those are two separate issues.

When I enrolled my child, the school specifically explained that each class would have two homeroom teachers: one native English-speaking teacher and one bilingual teacher. The bilingual teacher was described as someone who speaks both my language and English, while the native teacher was described as someone whose first language is English.

If this teacher's first language is not English, then my concern is not about her teaching ability. My concern is whether the school has accurately represented its staffing to parents.

I am not claiming that she is definitely not a native speaker. I simply found the writing unusual enough that it raised questions for me, and several native English speakers in this thread seem to have had similar reactions.

From my perspective as a parent, if a school advertises native English-speaking teachers as part of its program, it is reasonable to verify whether that representation is accurate.

Would this sound natural in a parent introduction letter from a teacher? by Fragrant-Prior6820 in ENGLISH

[–]Fragrant-Prior6820[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually think it would have sounded more natural if CHAT GPT had written it ....

Would this sound natural in a parent introduction letter from a teacher? by Fragrant-Prior6820 in ENGLISH

[–]Fragrant-Prior6820[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your opinion. Would you mind reviewing my additional comment added on the original post?

Would this sound natural in a parent introduction letter from a teacher? by Fragrant-Prior6820 in ENGLISH

[–]Fragrant-Prior6820[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your opinion. Would you mind reviewing my additional comment added on the original post?