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Native Speaker or Professional Language Teacher? You May Be Asking the Wrong Question
Native Speaker or Professional Language Teacher? You May Be Asking the Wrong Question
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Native Speaker or Professional Language Teacher? You May Be Asking the Wrong Question

Should you learn a language with a native speaker or with a professional language teacher? It sounds like a reasonable question. It is also often the wrong one. Students searching for an English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Norwegian, or other language tutor frequently use native speaker as a shortcut for quality. The logic […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 27.09.2026 • 11 min read
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native vs non-native teacher

Why You Sometimes Need a Different Teacher — Even When the Current One Is Good | LEVITIN SCHOOL
15.02.2026

Why You Sometimes Need a Different Teacher — Even When the Current One Is Good

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Before choosing a language, you choose a direction.You can explore all available options here:https://levitintymur.com/#languages Many parents come with a question they rarely ask directly. They do not ask:“Is the teacher good?” They ask:“Why is the result not guaranteed?” And behind that question there is another one: “If the student already studies and the teacher is […]

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