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    Identity (de)construction, classroom challenges and roles assumed by non-native English-speaking teachers in Colombia

    Vol. 23 No. 1 (2021)
    Published: 2021-11-30
    Silvia Andrea Tarazona Ariza

    Introduction. This article aims to explore personal and professional aspects such as the construction of identity, the frequent challenges in classrooms in the public sector, and the roles that non-native speaker teachers
    of English assume (and are granted by others), on a daily basis, in a context that is highly influenced by native-speakerism and colonizing views toward English across the global south.
    Methodology. This research is qualitative and exploratory. For the data collection process, teachers’ personal
    narratives, semi-structured interviews as well as a focal group session were conducted. The participants of
    this research were five teachers of English as a foreign language from different regions of Colombia, who do
    not know each other and who are ascribed to the public sector of education.
    Findings. Results reveal that non-native speaker teachers of English in Colombia usually feel compared to
    native speakers of English and overlooked in their job settings. Likewise, other problematic issues such as the
    socio-cultural context of students, as well as the lack of resources in public school come to light in this study.
    Conclusions: Non-native Speaker English teachers in Colombia are not perceived as a valid linguistic model to
    follow and this situation leads to the development of a professional identity crisis among teachers since they
    are not clear about their relevance as trained professionals in the field of Language Education.

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