Sendai JALT:

Is the controversial concept of the 'native speaker' relevant to the ELT classroom and profession?

Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Barry Kavanagh

Description:
This research attempts to define the controversial concept of the 'native speaker' with a discussion of its varieties and the 'global norm,' and to investigate its validity within the ELT classroom and profession.

In a poll conducted across the northeast of Japan with teachers and students of private English conversation schools, respondents were asked a series of questions followed up with discussions and interviews regarding the importance and significance of the native speaker for the ELT profession. Responses highlighted diverse opinions between the students and teachers, with the former supporting the notion of the native speaker as the ideal proprietor and proficient user of the language, which it is argued has both ideological and political implications for the ELT industry as a whole and the non-native speaking teacher of English.

Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Sendai JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen

Venue: Sendai Mediatheque map

Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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