英本主义对英语培训机构中学生和母语非英文的英语教师的影响

The Influence of Native-Speakerism on Chinese Students and Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers in English Tutoring & Prep Institutions

英本主义已经成为了全球教育界的一个普遍现象,还在英语教育领域造成了不少的问题。然而,有关此主义对于学生的观念以及母语非英文(Non-native English-Speaking Teachers)的教师影响,学术界的探索仍旧较少。虽有文献表示,英本主义可能会造成学生对于母语为英文的英语教师(Native English-Speaking Teachers)的偏好,并对母语非英文的教师自尊心和职业发展造成打击,但是这些理论是否同样适用于中国的英语教育培训机构中还尚不明朗。因此,本文的目的即是探究在中国最大的两家英语培训机构中,英本主义对学生的观念以及母语非英文的老师们的影响。本文采用定性与定量的混合研究方法,研究结果表明,英本主义在中国英语培训机构里仍然会导致学生对于以英文为母语的老师(此后写作:NESTs)的偏爱,但是,此问题并没有对母语非英文的老师们(此后写作:NNESTs)造成过多负面影响。

The issue of native speakerism has been a serious phenomenon throughout the world and has caused severe influences in the field of English Language Teaching. However, few studies have covered its influence on the students’ perceptions and non-native English-speaking teachers. The literature suggests that native-speakerism might cause students’ native speaker bias and undermine the self-esteem and career development of non-native speaker teachers, whereas whether these theories could still fit in the context of Chinese English education environment is still unclear. Therefore, the objective of this research is to explore the influence of native-speakerism on the students and non-native teachers in two famous English Tutoring &Prep Institutions in China. This research employed a mixture of quantitative and qualitative method paradigm. The results manifest that due to native speakerism, Chinese students still show a sign of native-speaker bias, whereas the non-native English teachers in China do not suffer too many negative influences as expected.