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2010年11月27日 · "Native English speaker" = a person whose mother tongue is English, regardless of whether s/he is from the UK, the USA, Australia or any other English speaking country. "English native speaker" = an English person (i.e. born in England) who is …
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2005年5月20日 · So I would normally say, 'Native French speaker'. However, even though it's not strictly correct, I can imagine saying 'French native speaker' when talking about native speakers of various languages (rather than about French speakers who learnt it in various ways) and contrasting, for example, a French native speaker with a Spanish native speaker.
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2012年1月27日 · That means, though, that perhaps it is a confusing way to express this idea. Depending on how well you speak each language, maybe "Bilingual English/Arabic" could work or "English - Fluent, Arabic - mother tongue/native" although that might perhaps not convey the idea that you are completely at ease with English.
The accent of non-native English speakers when speaking English
2009年2月28日 · There is a long thread about the reverse situation, i.e. how native English speakers sound when speaking foreign languages, but also about non-English speakers carrying their accents to English. I don't think it's entirely impossible to identify which variant of Spanish someone speaks based on how they speak English, but presumably they would ...
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2009年6月1日 · For example, when saying "English native speaker" in a CV (which seems to be what you want to do) you may say "Anglais : langue maternelle". Second, "locuteur" is a term used in a specific scope (when studying a French book and the structure of the speech in a specific part of that book, for example).
Language Learning: Will you ever sound and be accepted like a …
2005年9月28日 · Well, I can only speak for my own experience. My native language is Spanish, and I began learning English when I was young. I have never lived in the US, but I cross the border regularly to go shopping or on vacation, and yes, I have been mistaken for a native English speaker by the officers at the border as well as at stores.
English native speakers have an advantage over those who are not.
2007年1月17日 · Rarely will a native-English speaker nitpick someone's story and fragments (or even be in a situation in which this would be possible) unless requested or unless the document is submitted to be graded, in which case all errors would be addressed, regardless of whether the author was native . . .
English speaker of native ability vs native English speaker
2024年6月19日 · If you want to say someone is a native English speaker, say exactly that. If you want to say that a non native speaker speaks the language as well, or almost as well, as a native, again say that. Forget 'French/English speaker of native ability'. John is a native English speaker. He also speaks French as well/almost as well as a native French ...
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2007年11月14日 · A native speaker from Australia can only mean, and only means a speaker of English. In this case the native speaker comes from Australia, it could be assumed that his/her accent is Australian, though we don't know that. The term native-speaker implies that the person speak the dominant language of a country as his/her first language.
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2012年6月8日 · Yes, I'd call it an error, produced by false analogy with 'English-speaker'. The expression 'native speaker' has primary stress on the second word, like any adjective + noun phrase ('green pen', 'black bird', 'French mustard'), whereas 'English-speaker' has the intonation of a compound, with stress on the first element ('blackbird', 'credit ...