Native Speakerism, Undone

Transforming Perspectives on Native Speakerism: Tips & Stories for Insight​

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  • Library of recorded events that address native speakerism with the help of ELT professionals across the globe, so that you can too!

The Benefits

discover

Why the native speakerism ideology is still perpetuated today, its roots, and what steps you can take to overcome it.

learn

Hear personal stories from experienced professionals and how they have dealt with bias and stereotype as teachers of English.

speak up

Feel supported and encouraged to address native speakerism in your day to day life, and be an active part of the change.

what's inside

  • Teacher discrimination in the ELT classroom, with Rocio Rojas
  • Degree in Language Studies vs. Teacher Training Courses, with Joanna Twardowska
  • Non-Native student-teachers’ own perceptions & preconceptions of RP and other accents of English, with Graciela Martinez
  • Dispelling myths of Native Speakerism amongst professionals, with Claire Cumming Herrero
  • Mindset & Challenges for showing up online as a non-native teacher, with Hadar Shemesh
  • The Privilege of Sounding Native? with Jen Diaz Green
  • How are our students affected by Native Speakerism, with Kayla Mckesey
  • ELT Teachers ROAST racist Ads, with Eliza Keyton
  • Tackling Native Speakerism from a Legal Perspective, with Vincent Richard
  • How are students/customers responsible for the high demand for Native Speaker teachers?, with Sarah Omar
  • Why you don’t want to be a native speaker, with Christian Saunders
  • Addressing Accentism in Educational Settings, with Professors & Students from CIRCE project, University of Siena (Italy) & Burch University (Bosnia).
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what they've had to say

"A research from Hungary showed that native speakers tend to improvise, focus on spoken language and speak about their own culture... and in contrast the non-native speaking teachers focused more on the technical aspects of language - writing, and they planned their lessons more carefully. They also did more testing in the classroom. Often the difference between those two different classroom experiences is not because of their level of English of the teacher, it's often because the non-native teachers don't have the same level of confidence"
Christian Saunders
"Think about this: you have a colleague who has a muscular issue, and from the outside you can't tell but she can't climb stairs... are you going to be angry and say "don't talk about elevators in this school, because I have been using the stairs this whole time..." Just because you know this information and you've benefitted from this privilege, that doesn't mean you're a bad person. It means now I have information to better help my colleague"
Eliza Keyton
"The Academic Manager said to me I have a new class for you, but they are all Brazilians... I know that you can do this..but if anyone complains about you being from Argentina I might have to let you go... and I was like "fair enough"!"
Jen Diaz green

sneak peek

Replays of the LIVE talk series with ELT professionals from all walks of life. You get to hear first-hand experiences of teachers around the globe who have faced discrimination, who have shifted their mindset, and who have come to understand why it is so important to speak up about Native Speakerism in English Language Teaching.  

The talks are conducted as mini interviews with the attempt of bringing solutions to NNEST (Non Native English Speaking Teachers) who are experiencing prejudice in their careers, are paid less than their NS (Native Speaker) peers, or simply need help with finding the right words to fight objections such as:
” you’re not a native speaker”;

“we’re looking for a different nationality/passport”;

“our students/customers expect a mother tongue teacher to teach them English/English Culture at this language school”.

the interviews
Rocio Rojas
Jen Diaz Green
Sarah Omar
Christian Saunders
Vincent Richard
Kayla Mckesey
Joanna Twardowska
Claire Cumming Herrero
Hadar Shemesh
Graciela Martinez
Eliza Keyton
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