This chapter maintains that native-speakerism damages the entire ELT profession as well as
popular perceptions of English and culture. It represents a widespread cultural disbelief—a …

The relative status of native and non-native speaker language teachers within educational
institutions has long been an issue worldwide but until recently, the voices of teachers …

This study uses critical race theory as a lens and narrative inquiry as a methodological tool
to examine how the term native English speaker (NES) is socially constructed when …

Standards of English for English language teacher education need to consider political as
well as linguistic factors. Any definition of such standards on the basis of speakerhood would …

Abstract English language education is in the process of change regarding teacher identity
and the ownership of English. Cultural issues are implicated in this change. Critical …

There is now general acceptance that the traditional 'nonnative speaker'label for teachers of
English is problematic on sociolinguistic grounds and can be the source of employment …

In this chapter I shall argue that the recent interest in English as a lingua franca cannot be
considered on sociolinguistic grounds alone. The English as a lingua franca movement has …

In this chapter I explore the proposition that English in the world is hybrid in the sense of
being varied, multiple and diverse, not because it has moved away from a so-labelled …

Inability to discern separated cultures or native–non-native-speakerhood in a hugely diverse
hospital setting allows deCentred observation of how cultural practices and values cross …

It is important to distinguish superficial political correctness from the need to address
destructive phenomena such as cultural chauvinism directed at 'non-native speakers' …