There are NNEST with tremendous language proficiency and phonological ability just as there are NEST with pronunciation and grammar that few would identify as native and vice-versa.
Would you like to learn English from me?
Don’t forget, I am a non- native English teacher.
Earlier this year Marek Kiczkowiak and I gave a talk at TESOL Spain in Vitoria-Gasteiz about native speakerism in teacher training (you can download the ppt here). In preparation for the talk, I set up a survey on general issues of discrimination in ELT to get an idea of different attitudes about discrimination in general, but predominantly to look at native speakerism; that is, the prejudice against individuals based on their mother tongue or perceived ‘nativeness’. The survey features a series of ELT job adverts with examples of language which could be interpreted as discriminatory. Participants were simply asked to judge if the language was discriminatory and if it was, was the discrimination justified in the context provided. The scenarios were as follows.
- A women’s college in Saudi Arabia seeking only female teachers.
- A summer camp for teenagers seeking only teachers aged 18-30.
- A private language school in Prague…
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