If you want to learn to speak Tamil, would you rather learn from Mrs Ramanujam of Chennai, or Mrs Agarwal of Delhi? And vice versa, who would you rather learn Hindi from?

When you learn a new language from a Native speaker, you get to hear and speak the language like your Mother Tongue. You learn all the nuances of pronunciation, the correct usage, emphasis, all the tunes of the language, in the most natural way possible.

The ear is a great learning instrument, and if you listen enough, and speak enough, your own earn will train you to correct yourself.

That’s why Linguaphone always uses Native speakers in every language in which it has courses. It also sets the course in the native country, so you get to absorb a little bit of the culture and social mores as well.

Are you meant to mimic the Native Speaker. No. But you will speak a lot better English, or French, or Dutch than you would if you learnt from someone who did not have the language as his or her mother tongue.