also
applies
to
people
who
would
use
day-to-day
English
in
their
jobs
to
interact
with
foreigners.
Ruijuan
references
a
study
of
300
adults
that
showed
70%
are
learning
English
for
a
better
occupation.
(Ruijuan)
However,
not
everyones
reason
is
career-driven.
Some
might
just
want
to
meet
and
talk
to
a
new
demographic
for
personal
reasons.
Others
are
often
unemployed
wives
who
are
looking
for
a
different
social
outlet.
Its
a
pleasurable
activity
to
occupy
a
sizeable
chunk
of
their
day.
While
the
ultimate
aspirations
of
all
these
types
of
students
can
vary
extremely,
most
of
them
have
one
thing
in
common:
they
are
in
the
classroom
on
account
of
their
own
free
will
and
personal
choice.
Its
not
compulsory.
This
is
a
key
distinction
between
adults
and
children
in
primary
or
secondary
schools.
Ruijuan
found
that
96%
of
Chinese
adults
in
his
study
take
more
responsibility
for
and
show
more
active
interest
in
their
learning,
and
notes
a
particular
student
that
takes
night
classes
after
tiring
days
of
work
and
still
pays
attention
and
maintains
concentration.
(Ruijuan)
Native
vs.
Non-native
Speaking
Teachers
Many
might
assume
that
having
a
native
speaking
teacher
of
a
language
is,
by
default,
better
than
a
non-native
speaker.
But
that
distinction
actually
isnt
too
important.
Defining
exactly
what
constitutes
a
native
speaker
of
English
can
be
difficult.
The
language
is
in
prevalent,
fluent
usage
in
numerous
areas
around
the
world.
And
a
variety
of
dialects
exist
within
those
areas.
The
United
States,
Canada,
Jamaica,
the
Bahamas,
Ireland,
the
United
Kingdom,
India,
South
Africa,
Ghana,
Kenya,
Singapore,
Hong
Kong,
Australia,
and
New
Zealand
are
only
a
handful.
In
several
of
the
aforementioned
locations,
however,
English
isnt
the
primary
language.
Still,
masses
of
people
begin
learning
English
as
a
second
language
from
a
very
young
age.
Amongst
all
of
these
dialects,
none
of
them
are
completely
proper
English.
They
are
filled
with
slang
words
and
expressions,
and
pronunciations
and
accents
can
vary
widely
across
the
board.
One
could
make
up
a
word
like
coughy
as
an
adjectival
form
of
cough
based
on
the
common
suffixes
that
form
adjectives,
and
even
though
it
sounds
like
coffee,
a
high
level
speaker
would
be
able
to
understand
it
in
context.
Speakers
of
all
levels
will
not
speak
perfect
English.
For
example,
there
is
a
common
mistake
of
saying,
Theres
[plural
noun],
instead
of
using
theyre,
even
in
TV
and
movie
scripts.
Nadeau
quotes
a
student
Jun
Lin
saying
that
he
can
usually
understand
his
non-native
speaking
teachers
despite
their
lesser
language
skills.
(Nadeau)
Whatever
faults
in
speech
are
present,
the
required
skill
is
the
ability
to
understand
what
a
person
is
trying
to
say.
Many
native
speakers
dont
have
an
in-depth
understanding
of
how
their
language
works,
whereas
a
person
who
is
fluent
with
English
as
a
second
language
has
achieved
that
status
through
a
comprehensive
study
of
its
grammar
rules.
Native
speakers
need
to
make
an
active
effort
to
get
to
the
point
where
they
can
explain
grammar
as
well
as
a
non-native
speaker.
Indeed,
Nadeau
discovered
that
students
of
a
non-native
speaking
teacher
produced
more
complex
sentences
than
those
of
a
native
speaker,
because
the
latter
students
didnt
expect
their
teachers
to
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