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A person who grew up with a particular spoken language as their mother tongue.
In the past, secondary classrooms have perhaps been seen as largely native speaker environments, but this is certainly no longer the case and secondary teachers are fully aware they need pedagogies and materials that support the different language backgrounds and proficiencies of contemporary classrooms.
2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:Native speakers of English get paid much more than locals in the schools.
The differences between acceptable constructions like "Have you a book on modern music?" and unacceptable ones like "Read you a book on modern music?" need no Chomskyan signposts for a native speaker[.]
1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 155:
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el φυσική ομιλήτρια (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · gv loayreyder dooie (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pl native speaker (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pt falante nativa (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · uk носі́йка мо́ви (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ja ネイティブ話者 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · el φυσικός ομιλητής (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · de Native Speaker (Duden) (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · idb falante nativo (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · th เจ้าของภาษา (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · sk rodený hovoriaci (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · mi arero ūkaipō (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · kw kowsores a vyhan (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ja 母語話者 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ja ネイティブスピーカー (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · de Muttersprachiger (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · sh ѝзво̄рнӣ го̀во̄рнӣк (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · cmn 母語者 /母语者 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · kw kowser a vyghan (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pl nosiciel języka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · nl moedertaalspreker (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · sk rodený používateľ jazyka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · fi syntyperäinen puhuja (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · be но́сьбіт мо́вы (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ms penutur jati (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · sv med ... som modersmål (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · da modersmålstalende (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · it madrelingua (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · de Muttersprachlerin (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · mk роден говорник (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · cs rodilý uživatel jazyka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · gd fileantach (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · fr locuteur natif (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · es nativo (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · de Muttersprachige (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · id penutur jati (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pl rodzima użytkowniczka języka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ru носи́тель языка́ (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · yue 母語人士 /母语人士 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · km វាគ្មិនភាសា (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · sh ìzvōrnī gòvōrnīk (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · gl falante nativo (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · be но́сьбітка мо́вы (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · nl moedertaalspreekster (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · km អ្នកនិយាយភាសាកំណើត (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · tl katutubong mananalita (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pam tubong talasalita (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ru носи́тельница языка́ (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ro vorbitoare nativă (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · vi người bản ngữ (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · af moedertaalspreker (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · tl katutubong tagapagsalita (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · de native speaker (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · eo denaskulo (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · bg носи́тел на ези́ка (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · uk носі́й мо́ви (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · haw mānaleo (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · cy siaradwr brodorol (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ga cainteoir dúchais (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · gv loayreyder dooghyssagh (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · lt gimtakalbis (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ro vorbitor nativ (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · de Muttersprachler (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ca parlant nadiua (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ar نَاطِق أَصْلِيّ (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · bn আহলে জবান (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · es hablante nativo (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · de native Speaker (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · cy siaradwraig frodorol (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · yue 母語者 /母语者 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · cmn 母語人士 /母语人士 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ca parlant nadiu (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pl native speakerka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pl rodowita użytkowniczka języka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · az dil daşıyıcısı (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ja ネイティブ (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · cs rodilý mluvčí (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · he דובר ילידי (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · hu anyanyelvi beszélő (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ko 모국어 사용자 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · gl falante nativa (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · fr locutrice native (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · sv modersmålstalare (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · ko 모어 화자 (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pt falante nativo (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · tl katutubong tagapagwika (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · bg носи́телка на ези́ка (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pl rodowity użytkownik języka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · lb Mammesproochler (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · id penutur asli (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · is móðurmálshafi (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · pl rodzimy użytkownik języka (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) · hy լեզվակիր (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue)