04 – Questioning the Native English Norm in English Teaching – Jennifer Jenkins

Masters of TESOL

Content provided by Andrew Bailey. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Andrew Bailey or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

9y ago

MP3•Episode home

http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/04_-_Questioning_the_Native_Speaker_Norm_-_Jennifer_Jenkins.mp3

English as a Lingua Franca – ELF – is English as a shared language (usually) between non-native speakers.

As English becomes more and more globalised, we question whether the Native Speaker model should be the goal in the classroom. Prof. Jennifer Jenkins first broached this idea back in 2000 and was met with excitement and resistance.

Native Speaker teachers may feel threatened. Non-native teachers may feel empowered.

Maybe it’s time to reconsider correcting students with “Well, I understand what you mean, but we say it like this…”

The ELF Core

If you like the show, SUBSCRIBE! Questions, comments, requests to…

@MOTcast

www.masterofTESOL.com