Dr. Ahmar Mahboob, born and educated in Pakistan, earned his PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
He currently coordinates the MA program in Applied Linguistics at the University of Sidney. He is the Past Chair of the NNEST Caucus in TESOL International.
E-mail: ahmar.mahboob@sydney.edu.au
The article (in two parts) highlights the fact that the English Language Teaching (ELT) has become a huge marketing industry, which results in linguistic imperialism, imposing Western cultural values and religion on English learners. At the same time, the author points out a particular resistance revealed in nativization of English varieties. Besides, the author dwells on the controversy of Native vs. Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (NEST — NNEST) on the competitive market of education services.
Keywords: global English, native speaker, non-native English speaking teacher, competition, nativization, acculturization, Standard English, world Englishes / varieties of English.
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