1st Edition

Beyond Native-Speakerism Current Explorations and Future Visions

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Despite unsubstantiated claims of best practice, the division of language-teaching professionals on the basis of their categorization as ‘native-speakers’ or ‘non-native speakers’ continues to cascade throughout the academic literature. It has become normative, under the rhetorical guise of acting to correct prejudice and/or discrimination, to see native-speakerism as having a single beneficiary... Read more
 

Introduction



Stephanie Ann Houghton, Damian J. Rivers and Kayoko Hashimoto



Part I: The Native Speaker Criterion: Past Traditions, Current Perspectives and Future Possibilities



1 The Idea of the Native Speaker



Damian J. Rivers



2 The Sociohistorical Foundations of Japan’s Relationship with the Native Speaker of Foreign Languages



Damian J. Rivers



3 "Introverted Psychosis" and the Psychology of Native-Speaker Interaction: Social Representation, Status and Threat Perception



Damian J. Rivers



4 Contemporary English Language Teachers’ Views on Native Speakerism in Context



Damian J. Rivers



Part II: Japanese Native Speakerism: Past, Present and Future



5 The Construction of the Native Speaker of Japanese



Kayoko Hashimoto



6 Japanese Language for Foreigners: Policy on Foreign Nationals and EPA Scheme



Kayoko Hashimoto



7 Japanese Language Teachers’ Views on Native Speakers and "Easy Japanese"



Kayoko Hashimoto



8 Native Speakerism in Japanese Language Teaching for Foreigners and English Language Teaching for Japanese Nationals



Kayoko Hashimoto



Part III: The Post-Native-Speakerist Shift



9 The Post-Native-Speakerist Language Teacher



Stephanie Ann Houghton



10 Shifts Needed in Foreign Language Teacher Education Activities



Stephanie Ann Houghton



11 Shifts Needed in Foreign Language Teacher Attributes



Stephanie Ann Houghton



12 Reconceptualizing Foreign Language Education



Stephanie Ann Houghton



Conclusion



Stephanie Ann Houghton, Damian J. Rivers and Kayoko Hashimoto

Biography



Stephanie Ann Houghton is an Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication at Saga University in Japan. She is co-editor, with Melina Porto, of the 'Intercultural Communication and Language Education' book series. She has published multiple academic books and articles in peer-reviewed international journals.



Damian J. Rivers is an Associate Professor in Communication at Future University Hakodate, Japan. He has co-edited several books including, ‘Isms in Language Education: Oppression, Intersectionality and Emancipation’ (2017) and ‘The Sociolinguistics of Hip-Hop as Critical Conscience: Dissatisfaction and Dissent’ (2017).



Kayoko Hashimoto is a Lecturer at the School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland in Australia. Her main research areas are language policies and Japan’s educational policies. She currently serves as the Language and Education Thematic/Review editor for Asian Studies Review.