Czuch Chuckers: Good point!!

Czuch Chuckers: LOL I didn't say nothing could happen, but there are 8 or 9 of us able to deal with anything that may happen in that time. We won't remove a moderator just because he can't be around for a month. Life happens sometimes.

So, can we get back to languages now? I'm rubbish at learning any other language. I know some sign language but its not much use on here

Reza won't be away for long anyway, a month at the most.

Czuch Chuckers: Yes, I agree to a point. It would be easier to say "I'm English and I'm a teacher" to avoid confusion. But reza was asking about a specific sentence worded in a certain way. And that sentence could have two meanings, depending which word was stressed.

Czuch Chuckers: Its difficult to explain on here without sound, but theres a difference in speech between "I am an English teacher" and "I am an English teacher".

Reza: I think you've got a very good understanding with what you say there, and theoretically you would be absolutely correct. But in reality... well unfortunately its easy to miss stresses on words like that, and misunderstandings often happen over such things, and more explanation is needed.
Some people don't hear the stress on the necessary word, and other people put the stress on the wrong word by mistake.

Reza: This is quite an interesting one. You're right about the first bit, "I am an English teacher" does or should change meaning depending which word is stressed more. But, people often don't pick up on that, and need a more detailed sentence to confirm it.
Thats when you would use either of your two sentences below to clarify the meaning.

1)I'm a teacher who teaches English.
2)I'm a teacher from England.


The same can be applied - to a point - to the second sentence.

I'm an English history teacher. means you teach history (I would guess world history) but that you are English.

However, if you wanted to explain that you are a teacher that teaches English history I think the emphasis would be on two words; "I'm an English history teacher.