EAN: 9781501512117

NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE TEACHERS IN ENGLISH LANGU...

Despite being highly debated in applied linguistics and L2 teaching literature  the
controversial issue of (non)nativeness still remains unresolved. Contemporary critical research
has questioned the theoretical foundations of the nativeness paradigm  which still exerts a
strong influence in the language teaching profession.Written by well-known researchers and
teacher educators from all over the world  both NSs and NNSs  the selected contributions of
this volume cover a great variety of aspects related to the professional role and status of
both NS and NNS teachers in terms of both perceived differences and professional concerns and
challenges. The strongest aspects of this volume are the global perspectives and the
implications for future research and teacher education. It is precisely this international
perspective which makes this volume illustrative of different realities with a similar
objective in mind: the improvement of second language teaching and teacher education. In
today's world  being a NS or NNS should not really matter but rather teachers' professional
competences.This publication thus provides a forum of reflection and discussion for all L2
educators who need to be aware of how much they might offer to their future students.

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