The Cost of Being Quiet

native English speaker is seen as the owner of the language they walk in suddenly my language isn't good enough i would rather be quiet than make mistakes so i'm just not going to talk anymore. nester Rodriguez told us about leading a dissertation defense this was back when he was a young professor. stephanie shared her experience as teachers or native speakers rethinking your role in an international conversation. after running her own company for a number of years heather decided that she was going to be a different kind of english language instructor. When clients approached her to get their accents reduced she'd say "I am from New York"