Native Speakerism: Discriminatory Employment Practices in Polish Language Schools

ISBN-13: 9783631874646 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 198 str.

Robert Kieltyka; Tomasz Paciorkowski

Opis

The main purpose of the book is to explore whether native speakerism has an influence on Polish language schools, using the explanatory mixed-methods design. The findings show that the ideology is present in Poland, but it manifests itself in complex and subtle ways.

Spis treści

Native speakerism - Polish teachers of English - language schools - teacher training programmes - discrimination - discriminatory practices - native speakers - non-native speakers - English language teaching - ELT market - wage gap - ideology - mixed-methods

O autorze

Tomasz Paciorkowski, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Department of English Linguistics at the Faculty of Linguistics of the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz. His research interests focus mainly on native speakerism and non-native speaker teachers.