“Working across Geographical Borders to Dispel Language Misconceptions” – Dr Indu Vibha Meddegama and Yuan Qian

The native speaker ideology which stems largely from the historical association of England with modern-day English identifies and idealises those who are traditionally classed as native English speakers to be the absolutely “correct” users of the language.

– Meddegama and Qian

In this chapter Dr Indu Vibha Meddegama and Yuan Qian present a collaboration between York St John University and Suzhou University of Science and Technology which offered pre-service English teachers first-hand experience around achieving intelligibility through accommodating language practices.

This is a groundbreaking book in its mapping out of the relationship between the theory of Global Englishes and its practical implications for English teacher education and English learning around the globe.

– Professor Sandra Lee McKay, San Francisco State University

This chapter can be found in Language Teacher Education for Global Englishes: A Practical Resource Book (2021).