Did you know that when recordings of some published materials are analyzed, it turns out that the vast majority of voices belong to first-language English users? In fact, when Si (2019) analyzed five major business English course books published globally, he found that only 16% of the voices on the
Author: Marek Kiczkowiak
Marek Kiczkowiak has been in ELT for over 10 years. He has a PhD in TESOL and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on native speakerism and teaching English as a Lingua Franca. He has taught English in seven different countries in a variety of educational contexts and currently writes materials for National Geographic Learning. He runs his own company, Academic English Now, where he helps PhD students write excellent theses and research papers for high-impact journals.