Myth: You Need a Native Speaker to Learn a Language
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Myth: You Need a Native Speaker to Learn a Language

🤔 Do You Really Need a Native Speaker? One of the most persistent myths in language learning is this:“Only a native speaker can teach you properly.”It sounds logical. After all, who could know a language better than someone who grew up with it? But here’s the truth:Speaking a language ≠ Teaching a language.And being a native […]

Tymur Levitin Tymur Levitin
19.08.2025 3 min read

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