The book addresses the issue of native-speakerism, an ideology based on the assumption that ''native speakers'' of English have a special claim to the language itself, through critical qualitative studies of the lived experiences of practising teachers and students in a range of scenarios.

The book addresses the issue of native-speakerism, an ideology based on the assumption that ''native speakers'' of English have a special claim to the language itself, through critical qualitative studies of the lived experiences of practising teachers and students in a range of scenarios.