Thursday 27 July 2017

Challenges in ELT: The non-native issue | Onestopenglish

Challenges in ELT: The non-native issue | Onestopenglish: Oxford TEFL Prague teacher trainer Karin Krummenacher tackles ‘Goliath’ - the issue of discrimination against non-native teachers in the ELT profession. 
 Native English Speaking Teachers 
Natural models
Short-term (gap year)
Exotic
CELTA/Trinity Cert Qualified
Less strict correction/marking
Making some money while travelling
Poor language awareness
High ability to ‘wing it’
Know slang, idioms, collocations

 Non-Native English Speaking Teachers 
Learned the target language themselves
In it for the long run
Share L1 with students
University qualifications
Locals (cross-culture)   
Need to make a living from teaching
High language awareness
Hard-working
Interested in teacher development   

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