TEFL Equity

Advocating equal professional opportunities in ELT for non-native English speaking teachers. Online teacher training:

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

Shocking stuff #nativespeakerism

[Dr. Conor O'Reilly @ConzieSays]

Meanwhile, over the always interesting not very ethical English teaching jobs in Korea scene, westerners are getting offered up to 500% more than Filipinos (feel free to correct my maths on this) @TeflEquity @ELTAdvocacy @sulaimanjenkins @ParisaMehran

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@hughdellar I see this so often. And as a 'non-native speaker' any tiny mistake you might make is often used to discredit you as a teacher

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@hughdellar Utter nonsense this

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

What a load of nonsense this is. So sorry to see @hughdellar, who's spoken out against #nativespeakerism so many times, get attacked in this way: https://t.co/zU3UYiSug3

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@hughdellar Ignore them, Hugh. You're doing some amazing work. These people are out there to hurt others

[Vijay Ramjattan @Vijay_Ramjattan]

A small example of an anti-racist pronunciation pedagogy is teaching and learning how to pronounce "ethnic" names.

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@tesolmatthew Thanks mate. Appreciate it 🤗

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@tesolmatthew @nimorapi Hope you like it. Let us know your thoughts once you've had a chance to read it

[TEFL Workers' Union @TeflUnion]

“In the last year I earned £16,756. It’s an insult.”

https://t.co/WLzo7rW2zt

One of the many many stories of struggling to get by in #EFL.

Join the #TEFLWorkersUnion: Make #TEFL a career

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@ELGazette @iww @ELTAdvocacy @taw_sig @TeflEquity @LondonIWW

[Vijay Ramjattan @Vijay_Ramjattan]

What I think about accent reduction as a means to end racism:

It blames the victim of racism (i.e., you have an accent that's causing your oppression). It also tells the victim that they have to resolve matters on their own (i.e., through emulating white linguistic norms).

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@HelenTeachesEng @luizotavioELT @hughdellar Yep, that's exactly what I meant. Sometimes difficult to express these nuances in short tweets

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@hughdellar @luizotavioELT But why do 'non-native speakers' have to prove their proficiency? Why do THEY have to continue professional development? Many barely qualified and inexperienced 'native speakers' get TEFL jobs left and right without having to prove anything or develop professionally

[Modern English Language @JohnMiltonELT]

@hughdellar I think it has to come through solidarity of native speaking colleagues and DoS'. As an industry I think we have to educate our clients on the (uncountable) benefits of NNSTs and promote our trust in them.
Basically - the onus is on all of us.

[Sulaiman Jenkins @sulaimanjenkins]

Remove it from all forms of advertisement with legal ramifications for those who insist on its usage. It's a blatant discriminatory tool that has for too long gone unpoliced. The threat of legal action has a funny way of making many wrongs right.
#nonativespeakerism #EqualityinEL

[Vijay Ramjattan @Vijay_Ramjattan]

If you're attending the @PronSIG online conference on equality and inclusion tomorrow, check out my presentation on conceptualizing an anti-racist pronunciation pedagogy.

I'm presenting at 4 pm (UK time). Also, remember to use this hashtag: #PronSIG2020

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@nickkiley @JemMeganMay @italki It is, indeed. And guess what's Italki's excuse? Some sts prefer classes with 'native speakers'. So typical to shift the blame and continue discriminatory policies by duping ever more sts into thinking that 'native speakers' are better teachers

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

Yet another company to add to the list of those promoting #nativespeakerism Shame that @italki is more concerned with the teacher's first language than their actual ability to teach it. That would certainly benefit students more, but I imagine it's not the company's main concern

[TEFL Equity @TeflEquity]

@JemMeganMay @italki Nope. You can only teach your mother tongue. A colleague from the Czech Republic recently tried applying as an English teacher, but couldn't. The ironic thing is that of course he could teach Czech there, even though he has no clue how, nor is qualified to do so

[Vijay Ramjattan @Vijay_Ramjattan]

If you know that there is a wide variety of *Englishes* around the world, then you need to carefully consider what constitutes a pronunciation “error.”

For example, is not pronouncing TH (as in the word “three”) really a big deal?