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5 - Native and Non-native Speakers of English in TESOL

from Part II - English in/for L2 Learning and Teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2019

By
Rachel Wicaksono
Edited by
Christopher J. Hall  and
Rachel Wicaksono
Christopher J. Hall
Affiliation:
York St John University
Rachel Wicaksono
Affiliation:
York St John University
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Summary

This chapter explores ideas about ‘(non-)native’ speakers of English, with particular reference to the professional context of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). The use of ‘(non-)native’ speaker to describe a person’s use of English remains common in a variety of domains, despite much scholarly and professional argument against the term. Given that learners and teachers comprise the educational context of this chapter, I have chosen to focus on the native and non-native speakers themselves, rather than on their (so-called) native and non-native uses of English. In doing so, I hope not to fall into the trap of thinking of people as permanent members of closed categories, but, on the contrary, show how we might raise awareness of the (potentially negative) effects of such thinking on speakers of English, in the TESOL profession.

Keywords

English language teachingTESOLnative speakerismnon-native speakersEnglish as a lingua francalanguage ontologycritical period hypothesisintelligibilityworld Englishes
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Ontologies of English
Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment
 , pp. 80 - 98
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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