Non - native English Speaking Teachers’ Lives Matter: The Impacts of Native - speakerism on ELT Professionals
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This article presents the impacts of native-speakerism regarding the issues of racism, teacher identity, and employment discrimination on non-native speaking teachers in TESOL. Each issue was discussed with its consequences. Suggestions for solving the problems of the impacts in order to transcend an influenced ideology that challenges non-native English speaking teachers’ professionalism were also given. It is hoped that the issues presented in this article will encourage all stakeholders to be aware of the inequality and discrimination taking into account the importance of all lives matter; both native and non-native English speaking teachers and the support for professionalism in teaching English in accordance with the current status and roles of English, a global language for everyone without adhering or referring to the term 'standard' as defined by any particular group any more.
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