Mexican teacher teaching Spanish

[Morecoffee]

Hello teachers.

I said this sentence to my friend a couple days ago.
She's a Mexican teacher teaching Spanish.
At first my friend thought she taught English, so I said this.

But I wonder if my sentence is correct and natural.
How do you feel about my sentence?

Thank you

 

[sound shift]

I think it's fine.

 

[apricots]

It's fine but it might be better to rephrase to something like 'she's Mexican and she teaches Spanish.'

 

[Parla]

I don't see anything wrong. What concerns you about it, Morecoffee?

 

[Linkway]

The sentence is fine and there is no ambiguity, although apricots's suggestion is a good one.

In some related cases, ambiguity can occur and is best avoided.

She's a French teacher. (Depending on context, that is ambiguous. Does it mean she teaches French? Or that she has French citizenship and is a teacher, but not necessarily of French. Or that she teaches French but may be of another nationality.)


She's British and works as a French teacher in Manchester. (Not ambiguous.)

She's a chemistry teacher. (Not ambiguous.)

She's Mexican. (Not ambiguous. There is no language called "Mexican" so it almost certainly means citizenship/nationality.)