Native vs. Non-Native論争と日本人英語教師について
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This study discusses some issues regarding nativeness in English language teaching. Both native and non-native professionals have raised their voices against the wide-spread idea that an ideal English teacher is a native English speaking teacher (NEST). This is called the native speaker fallacy (Phillipson, 1992a). This paper first reviews recent issues regarding NESTs vs. non-NESTs and then introduces the six advantages of non-NESTs clarified by Medgyes (1994). Then three suggestions are made for Japanese teachers of English (JTEs). JTEs are expected 1) to know the fact that 'the native speaker fallacy' and its related issues have been discussed over many years, 2) to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of both NESTs and non-NESTs, and 3) to establish an English community where everybody uses English as a means of communication to create practical English users or multiple competent speakers (Cook, 1999).
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