‘More understandable than native speakers’
Unequal Englishes and Filipino online English teachers’ use of neutral English
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 19472134 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Marie Claire Duque-Cruz (0009-0004-9216-0526, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2026 |
| Páginas | 1-18 |
| Data de publicação | 2026-05-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Asian Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1348-8678 • E-ISSN: 2331-2548 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13488678.2026.2677260 |
| OpenAlex | W7162108564 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 34 |
This study examines the notion of ‘neutral English’ among Filipino online English teachers (OETs) in the online English teaching industry. Drawing on interviews and classroom observations of 28 Filipino OETs, the study uses the framework Unequal Englishes to analyze how teachers understand and negotiate ‘neutral English’ in their professional contexts. Findings show that teachers frame neutrality in multiple ways: as closely aligned with American English, as a flexible hybrid register, and as a less intimidating form of English for learners. These framings suggest that ‘neutral English’ functions as a condition of employability, a corporate branding strategy, and a pedagogical resource within a neoliberal and native-speakerist industry that markets Filipino teachers as affordable, near-native speakers
Context (archaeology) · Ethnic group · Variation (astronomy) · Varieties of English · World Englishes · Digital Communication and Language · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy
Unequal Englishes
Teachers as influencers and personal brands on Instagram
Gig Economy Teaching
Learning a foreign language as leisure and consumption
Platformization of language education
‘He did not mean to do it to me’
The coloniality of native speakerism
A ‘new’ hierarchy of English teachers
A market of accents
Navigating linguistic diversity toward ELF-informed pedagogy
Understanding inequalities of Philippine English in job interviews
Unequal Englishes through the lens of lived experiences of Filipino professional writers
(Il)Legitimating Filipino Teachers' English on Webpages for Japanese Learners of English
Neutral” vs. “pure” accents
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Competing for Views and Students
Undoing Appropriateness
The Role of Prosody in International Communication in English in Call Center Interactions
Japanese female English learners' two-stage learning from Filipino and Western English teachers to acquire "accent-free" English
Adapt, acquire, defuse, learn
Legitimating the Philippines as a language learning space
We are cheaper, so they hire us
Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value
Outsourced call centers and English in the Philippines
The accents of outsourcing
The evolving study of Philippine English phonology
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |