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marek1@ix.netcom.com(Marek Konski) wrote:
>In <4j58qm$iqa@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> marek1@ix.netcom.com(Marek
>Konski) writes: 
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>>In <315491F4.2781@mfg.sgi.com> Will Woodford <woodford@mfg.sgi.com>
>>writes: 
>>>
>>>Marek Konski wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> In <4ivhtt$kon@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> mua@neuronz.jpl.nasa.gov
>>(Mua                                                         ^^^^^^^^
>>>> Tran) writes:
>>>> >
>>>> >       ENGLISH TUTOR NEEDED
>>>> >
>>>> >(I am posting this message on behalf of a friend.  If I am posting
>>in
>>>> the wrong place, please forward it to the right place.)
>>>> >
>>>> >The English Tutor
>>>> >--has to be a NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER
>>>>                ^^^^^^
>>>> As far as I know, this particular requirement is illegal in the US,
>>>> isn't it? Please correct me, if I'm wrong.
>>>> 
>>>> Marek Konski
>>>> Rockville, MD
>>>
>>>You're wrong.
>>
>>Are you sure? What about employment discrimination based on race, sex,
>>national origin etc., etc. being illegal? Ever heard about that? Why
>do
>>you think it does not apply to this case? Does the poster (or his
>>friend) want to employ this person or not?
>>
>>Marek Konski
>>
>
>Moreover, did you follow a recent discussion in sci.lang about what can
>be considered one's native language (i.e., who is a native speaker of a
>language)?
>
>Regards,

It is quite clear who is a native speaker as soon as they open their mouth to
speak. If it is illegal to stipulate that a teacher be a native speaker
then it should be illegal to state that a mathematics teacher be at home
doing sums.In my opinion, the word "native" in this context relates to
the fact that the teacher must feel at home speaking the language and have
been brought up in an english speaking country. 


Graham


































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