Native Speakers

Max Weber 101

Sent in by Chris

19th September 2011

In times where the majority of Western teachers were monocultural and monolingual – able to speak but English, and unfamiliar with other cultures in all but the most shallow of senses – native languages were thought to have no place in the second language classroom.

Asian features seal my fate (part two)

Sent in by Multi racial American

18th March 2011

The example of being discriminated at Hooters for not being a sexy young female is not equitable with my discrimination here. That is the restaurant industry in America and this is education

You give customers what they want - it’s a business

Sent in by Joe Hoeson

17th March 2011

I would like to say that my original letter was regarding whether or not it's okay to put 'native speakers only' need apply. Now, whether or not native speaker is used to mean we do not want black or Asian teachers is another story.

Asian features seal my fate

Sent in by Multi racial American

16th March 2011

Schools can technically hire whoever they want. If they want white faces, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Let’s not kid ourselves

Sent in by Anonymous

16th March 2011

The bottom line is that Thailand does not adhere to non-discriminatory hiring practices: height, age, attractiveness, overall appearance, and especially skin tone are typically and explicitly considered for any job that requires working with the public

Job ads are not racist

Sent in by Joe Hoeson

16th March 2011

Having been a school owner before, I see nothing racist in saying that I only want native speakers to apply.

Racism in job ads

Sent in by Sar C. Astic

15th March 2011

This letter is for employers who post their job ads here on Ajarn.com. I hope that you will consider "some" non-native English speakers. Changing "NES only" to "NES preferred" can make the ad more sensitive to NNES like me.

Native vs non-native speaking teachers

Who would you employ?

2nd May 2010

If you were a language school owner, who would you rather employ – a non native speaker with experience and good qualifications at 30,000 baht, or a native speaker with little or no experience and no formal qualifications at 40,000 baht?

The native speaker myth

Sent in by Y. Coarter

9th July 2008

English is not a language owned by any country and for that matter it is spoken (communicated) appropriately by a larger population of people in countries other than those mentioned as native speaker countries

What’s a native speaker?

16th March 2008

In England, take a Cockney, someone from Yorkshire or Newcastle. No criticism against people from those areas. But people in other countries will find it hard to understand them.