Turkish Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Native- Speakerism

Turkish Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Native- Speakerism

This qualitative study explores the opinions of 23 preservice teachers onnative-speakerism in the English language teaching (ELT) profession. Theparticipants were asked to respond to a prompt in writing, with reference to thesituation in Turkey. They were at the same time doing a practicum, so they wereable draw on their experiences in their cooperating schools, where foreign teacherswere part of the staff. Their essays reflected a particular concern withdiscrimination in hiring practices and a strong rejection of the native-Englishspeakerteacher (NEST) / non-native-English-speaker teacher (NNEST) divide. Theyalso exhibited an awareness of other paradigms such as a lingua franca (ELF) andWorld Englishes (WE).

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Sakarya University Journal of Education-Cover
  • ISSN: 2146-7455
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 3 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2011
  • Yayıncı: Sakarya Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü
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