Research Article

Blame the Message Senders Not the Messenger: The Defence Case of the English “Native Speaker” Teacher

Table 1

Research participants profile.

NameCountryYears of English language teaching experience

Kelly (female)Canada10 years of teaching experience in Korea, Georgia, and Malaysia
Elena (female)South Africa15 years of teaching experience in Korea and Saudi Arabia
Sally (female)South Africa7 years of teaching experience in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
Gina (female)South Africa10 years of teaching experience in South Africa and Saudi Arabia
Sara (female)South Africa5 years of English language teaching experience in Saudi Arabia
Paul (male)United Kingdom20 years of teaching experience
Matt (male)United Kingdom (Scotland)5 years of teaching experience
Bernie (male)Republic of Ireland8 years of teaching experience
Adam (male)United Kingdom6 years of teaching experience in Thailand, Vietnam, the UK, and Saudi Arabia
Mohammed (male)United Kingdom14 years of teaching experience in Saudi Arabia