Doing English With Julian Northbrook

Why "I need natives speakers to practise my English!" is just stupid and irritating To get more like this, join:   http://doingenglishnewsletter.com I'll be honest. Today's podcast might be offensive. One of the really common challenges was "I don't have any native speakers to speak to."   Now, I'm going to be honest.   I don't get this.   I really don't.   People who answered this - do you REALLY believe that's a problem? Or is it just an excuse?   I guess this attitude comes from advertising.   Japan's full of this shit.   "You've learned grammar - now just chat with a native to make you fluent!!"   Riiiiight.   Because what you REALLY need to master English is some spotty westerner who is paid minimum wage to sit pretending not to be board while asking "what did you do last weekend?"   If you didn't know that these "teachers" have no qualifications, or idea how to teach, you do now. And yes, schools do lie about how qualified teachers are and how much