A lot of attention has been devoted in the last 30 years to understanding nativeness and
what has traditionally been called non-nativeness. While many studies have attempted to …

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 …

Introducing Global Englishes provides comprehensive coverage of relevant research in the
fields of World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, and English as an International …

Global Englishes and Change in English Language Teaching analyses the impact of current
ELT practice, bringing together research from the fields of Global Englishes and ELT to …

In the new European higher education space, Universities in Europe are exhorted to
cultivate and develop multilingualism. The European Commission's 2004–2006 action plan …

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 …

The English language teaching industry in East and Southeast Asia subscribes to an
assumption that native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) are the gold standard of spoken …

Parallel to the growing recognition of English as an international language, the fundamental
premises of the TESOL discipline (eg, the ownership of the language, native speakers as a …

The native English speaker episteme continues to dominate in English Language Teaching
(ELT) despite a growing body of research stressing the need for change in the light of the …

The Native English Teachers (NETs) Scheme has been in place for over 20 years in
secondary schools in Hong Kong and yet how students perceive these teachers is under …