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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: I don't have a problem with a non native speaker teaching a foreign language.  In fact, it could be a very good thing because a non-native speaker is more acutely aware of what is difficult in learning the language. I don't even have a problem with an occasional typo or error.  I do, however, have a problem with errors in every single assignment/worksheet that comes home.  The errors, moreover, are of a very basic nature (for example, the language in question is a Romance language and the teacher  often uses the wrong gender with nouns; or wrong verb endings. I am just not sure if she is careless and does not proofread, or simply does not speak/write it very well. Ugh. My question is, is there a gentle way to approach her about this?[/quote]

OP, you know what's going on: the teacher does not know the language s/he is teaching.  All the nonsense about type-os and dyslexia is just noise.  If you speak a Romance language, you know gender and verb endings. Period.  This is incompetence, and this teacher needs to be doing a different job.[/quote]

I think this PP is right. It sounds as if the teacher is in over his or her head and is making errors out of incompetence. I would avoid confronting the teacher directly, because it seems unlikely they would admit to not knowing what they're doing and it could be very awkward. It's a really awkward situation! I can't think of a way to put it delicately, to be honest.

I myself teach, and sometimes have found myself in situations where my students know more than I do. In every case, over 6+ years and even more subjects, I've had one relatively bad error that was fairly easily correctable the next class (a student caught it). And in other situations, because I think I'm a good teacher, I've been able to craft lessons that are solid and learn if I need to. This teacher sounds like she's not aware of her mistakes and/or not studying up on the lessons she is conducting (which you'd think could be possible...to be a few steps ahead of high school students). [/quote]

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