The Non-Native Teacher (ELT)

Peter Medgyes is Hungarian and describes himself as a "near native speaker" of English. His analysis of the position of non-native TEFL teachers. He reveals the worries but also stresses the strengths of non-native TEFL teachers who have already travelled the road along which they are guiding their learners. They know what the students will find difficult or strange. This ground-breaking analysis is stimulating reading for both native and non-native TEFL teachers. See also Laughing Matters: Humour in the Language Classroom (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers), Peter's hilarious and practical book on Humour in the language classroom.

TEACHING TODAY (series editor: Susan Holden)This methodology series combines sound theory with best practice. It provides teachers and teacher trainers with a stimulating range of titles designed to reflect the developing place of English as an international language within the global changes at the beginning of the third millenium.THE NON-NATIVE TEACHERThis is a revised edition of the first title published in 1994, which has become a classic. The original edition won First Prize for Methodology Books in the English Speaking Union's Duke of Edingburgh English Language Book Competition in 1995.This new edition adds an account of current classroom research to its discussion of the position of the non-native speaker of English in the dual roles of teacher and teacher-learner.Differences in teaching attitudes between native speaker teachers of English (NESTs) and non-natice speaker teachers (non-NESTs) are examined, leading to realistic assessment of their respective problems, strengths and weaknesses.The aim of the discussion is to help the non-NEST to become a better teacher.The author, who learned English in his own country from other non-NESTs, brings a deep personal knowledge, strong convictions and a sympathetic awareness of the problems facing language teachers of all kinds to the debate.