Lecturer Jennifer Valcke stresses the importance of being a good teacher rather than being a native speaker



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## Lecturer Jennifer Valcke stresses the importance of being a good teacher rather than being a native speaker

01/06/2018 |
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The Permanent Seminar on Educational Innovation for Teaching in English (SPIEDA) with the collaboration of the Centre for Training, Innovation and Educational Resources (CEFIRE) and the Educational Support Unit of the UJI have held the "Seminar on innovation in the university and secondary classrooms: the challenge of teaching in English" to find positive synergies between teaching in English in these educational stages.

Lecturer Jennifer Valcke has pointed out that teaching in English can have an impact on the teacher's confidence due to the pressure involved. However, it has stressed the importance of being a good teacher rather than being a native speaker of the language. In this sense, she has denied the fallacy that speaking like the natives is better since they usually speak too quickly and without pauses, the local accent can pose a problem for understanding, they can use expressions and words that are not understood or use a different sense of humour. Thus, she explained that in teaching always have to take into account the cultural factor from the ethnic, local, academic and the discipline that is taught.

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