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Professional TeacherWhen can you call yourself a near-native speaker?
Oct 8, 2018 4:37 PM
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I think you can call yourself near-native if you've lived in the country long enough that you forgot all the grammar and make all the same mistakes the natives make.
October 8, 2018
7
...after half a bottle of grape juice. After a whole bottle, you can call yourself a polyglot.
October 8, 2018
6
My best guess is....when I will be near a native English speaker.
October 8, 2018
5
I think it's when being a non-native speaker is hardly noticeable.
October 8, 2018
5
Maybe when native speakers mistake you for a native. But in most cases: never.
October 8, 2018
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