Native-speakerism and authenticity are two subjects that have been written on extensively in
the field of English language teaching, but the links between the two have yet to be explored …

This study explores the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in the
Arabian/Persian Gulf, with special focus on the situation in the United Arab Emirates. The …

According to current estimates, about eighty percent of English teachers worldwide are
nonnative speakers of the language. The nonnative speaker movement began a decade …

This book discusses cognitive and psycholinguistic aspects of third language acquisition
and trilingualism, and explores the key role of linguistic awareness in multilingual …

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative
handbook dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study. It has been …

Although the majority of English language teachers worldwide are non-native English
speakers, no research was conducted on these teachers until recently. After the pioneering …

This chapter highlights the areas of research in English language teacher education and
professional development (PD) as follows: teacher identity, globalization, and non-native …

Both native and nonnative language teachers often find pronunciation a difficult skill to teach
because of inadequate training or uncertainty about the effectiveness of instruction. But …

English-medium instruction (EMI) in tertiary education is a significant growth area, with over
half of the world's international students being taught in English, and universities offering an …

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 …