Comments on: Re-imagining the non-native speaker https://thediasporicacademic.com/2011/09/21/re-imagining-the-non-native-speaker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=re-imagining-the-non-native-speaker Career & Cross‑Cultural Transitions for International Professionals Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Dr Sherrie Lee | Being an International Professional https://thediasporicacademic.com/2011/09/21/re-imagining-the-non-native-speaker/#comment-3173 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:35:20 +0000 http://teachersherrie.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-3173 […] 10 years later when I was doing a Master of TESOL, this debate was re-ignited through my essay on Re-imaginig the Non-Native Speaker. And in my PhD research on international learners, one of my research agenda items was to dispel […]

]]> By: ‘Re-imagining the non-native speaker’ by Sherrie Lee | teflequityadvocates https://thediasporicacademic.com/2011/09/21/re-imagining-the-non-native-speaker/#comment-11 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:27:43 +0000 http://teachersherrie.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-11 […] the non-native speaker’, originally published in 2011 by Sherrie Lee on her blog here. Sherrie emailed me this post a couple of weeks back, asking if I’d feature it in Articles […]

]]> By: Sherrie Lee https://thediasporicacademic.com/2011/09/21/re-imagining-the-non-native-speaker/#comment-10 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:46:47 +0000 http://teachersherrie.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-10 In reply to marekkiczkowiak.

Hi Marek

Thank you for your feedback. I’d be happy for you to share this post on TEFL Equity Advocates. I also look forward to contributing to your website in future. 🙂

Sherrie

]]> By: marekkiczkowiak https://thediasporicacademic.com/2011/09/21/re-imagining-the-non-native-speaker/#comment-9 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:53:19 +0000 http://teachersherrie.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-9 Hi Sherrie,
Thanks for this balanced and in-depth discussion of the problem. You make some very interesting points. I particularly like your final suggestions which propose abandoning the black and white view in favour of a continuum. You also make a very important point when you say that ‘introduce objective yardsticks such as technical competence (e.g. reading and writing skills), communicative competence (e.g. giving and receiving instructions), and intercultural awareness (e.g. a person asking “How are you?” may not be expecting a detailed explanation of your current state of affairs).’
Finally, I thought you hit the nail on the head when you wrote that teachers should be assessed ‘related to the real challenges that face TESOL students: to be linguistically and communicatively competent in a global context of English used as first, second and contact languages.’ It is bizarre that no recruiters actually ask their students if they would like to have classes with NESTs. They just assume students do while most studies have shown, students don’t mind.
I was wondering if we could publish this post as a guest post on TEFL Equity Advocates. It would obviously include a link to your blog, so that the readers can easily find it. Alternatively, I would love to see a different post from you on the topic (perhaps on CCELTs).
Best,
Marek

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