Tiêu đề C2 - TEACHING AND TESTING GLOBAL ENGLISHES ✅

C2. TEACHING AND TESTING GLOBAL ENGLISHES I. OVERVIEW Chapter C2 discusses the tension between the growing reality of Global Englishes, with their distinct regional variations, and the traditional methods of teaching and testing English. The text highlights the following points: ● Dominance of Native Speaker Varieties: Despite the rise of Global Englishes, teaching materials and methodologies often focus on British and North American English, prioritizing these varieties over others. ● Focus on ENL Centers: Teaching approaches frequently favor communicative methods developed in English-speaking countries (ENL) This disregards the needs and contexts of learners from diverse English-using backgrounds.
● Native Speaker Bias: The belief persists that native speakers are superior English teachers, even though many learners excel in English without ever having lived in an ENL country. ⇒ The chapter suggests a need for reform in teaching and testing practices to better reflect the realities of Global Englishes. II. ISSUES WITH TEACHING ENGLISH Given the fact that native speakers are widely thought to make better teachers of English than non-native speakers. Is it really the case that the natives by definition make better teachers, or simply that they are often better knowers of English as a native language?
1. Widdowson’s perspective regarding today’s teaching English issues (1994) ⇒ Widdowson suggested that being a native speaker does not mean you have the ability to deliver a language to other people better than non-native ones.
2. Seidlhofer’s perspective regarding today’s teaching English issues (1999)