Topic: destinyeric 's blog Choosing a Foreign English teacher in China

I think you misread my post, no where did I say that someone changes from a native speaker of one language to a native speaker of another language. I said that immirgrants come to Australia with their native language and then their children speak English and possibly their parents native language also. But then when they get married and have children of their own they lose the language of the grandparents and only speak English. They are native English speakers. Regarding your second point that is exactly what I said so I'm not sure why you are repeapting it back to me. But I would also add if you have a choice between a native English speaker that has a degree in Education a person who has a degree in Education but is from an African country, particulary the African countries you mentioned that were not South Africa, then picking the native English speaker is clearly the best option. So if you really care about China giving students the best results then you should be advising to only hire native English speakers with degrees in Education because their fluency, accent and most importantly cultural understanding will be better than that of an African English teacher.