Research finds that non-native English speakers get less attention than native speakers. This suggests that accents can be a ...
We need to stop telling our students to have their essays checked by a native English speaker. It doesn’t help them, sometimes harms them, and perpetuates a false narrative about writing and language.
In his 1913 play Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw wrote: “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.” While Shaw was referring to ...