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ERIC Number: EJ253826
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-May
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The "Native Speaker" Issue: Problem or Pretext?
Lederer, Herbert
ADFL Bulletin, v12 n4 p1-4 May 1981
Comments on issues of discrimination in foreign language departments which were debated at a session of the 1980 MLA meeting in Houston. Focuses particularly on the preference for hiring native speakers rather than American-born instructors, showing that educational philosophy does not justify this preference. (MES)
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Philosophy, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Discrimination, Higher Education, Language Teachers, Native Speakers, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Integration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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