Hi
There was a huge debate about the same issue on the British Association of
Applied Linguistics list this summer. The outcome was a decision on the
part of the Executive to exclude the circulation of job advertisements
making reference to native speakers.
I would hope that members of this list would also endorse this position.
Viv Edwards
On 12/10/2011 09:33, "James Simpson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hello all
>The advertisement for teachers in Riyadh attached to the original message
>from Hardus (below) asks for native English speakers from certain (anglo,
>western, English-dominant) countries ("Native English speaker (from the
>UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, America or Canada only"). As such it
>is discriminatory and certainly not endorsed by me as list owner of
>ESOL-Research! It also raises two big questions (incidentally the subject
>of recent debate on BAALmail) about (1) who actually is a native speaker,
>inthese post-modern globalized times? And (2) whether 'native speakers'
>(whoever they are) are actually the best equipped to be English teachers,
>by sheer dint of being 'native speakers'.
>Comments welcome.
>Cheers
>James
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: 12 October 2011 09:18
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>Subject: teaching opportunities in Saudi
>
>Please find attached some information about short and longer term
>teaching contracts at universities in Riyadh
>
>Hardus
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