1. NESTs VERSE NON-NESTs IN ELT
Produced by:Wenshun Tang
MAT 40
Sandanona 2009

2. Dear participants, your active and deep participation is the key to the success of this workshop.
Please feel free to ask and answer questions, to discuss with each other and express your viewpoints!

3. Think About What are NESTS and Non-NESTS?
Where are NESTS are Non-NESTs from?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of NESTs and Non-NESTs?
Why is TESOL discriminated and biased?
Reflect on your own experience as a NEST or Non-Nest.
The standards to follow in ELT
How to build a bridge linking NESTs and Non-Nests?

4. NESTS: Native English speaking teachers
If you are college graduated,
and a native English speaker,
we need you!!!

5. Please try to use English to teach!
NON-NESTS: Non native English speaking teachers

6. Where are NESTs and Non-NESTs from?

7. NESTs teaching EFL in Non-English speaking countries
What are the advantages of NESTs and their impact on the context where they teach?
What are the disadvantages and how to overcome these shortcomings?

8. NESTs teaching ESL in English speaking countries
Why are NESTs are the mainstream in the ESL classroom?

9. Non-NESTs teaching EFL in Non-English Speaking Countries
What are the advantages and challenges for Non-NESTs in an EFL context ?

10. Non-NESTs teaching ESL in native English speaking countries
Multiple challenges Non-NESTs have to face?
Advantages Non-NESTs possess?

11. Quotes in favor of Non-NESTs
Serve as imitable models of the successful learner of English
Can teach learning strategies more effectively
Can provide learners with more information about the English language
Are more able to anticipate language difficulties
Can be more empathetic to the needs and problems of their learners
Only Non-Nests can benefit from sharing the learners’ mother tongue
(Medgyes 1992:346-7)

12. Share experience in teaching ESL/EFL in various contexts!

13. Activity One
Agree or Disagree! Why?

14. Activity Two
Scenario: Who gets the job?

15. Who functions as the bridge linking NESTs with Non-NESTs?

16. Recourses
Curtis Andy & Romney Mary (2006). Color, race and English language teaching: Shades of meaning. Lawrence Embaum Associates Inc.
Jenkins Jennifer. (2003). World Englishes
Makay S. (2002). Teaching English as an international language

17. Thank You!
Good Bye!