Recruitment and Salary Disparity between Monolingual and Bilingual EFL Teachers in Oman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5686294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Salim Said Bani Orabah (0000-0003-4792-9346), Houman Bijani (0000-0002-4305-7977) |
| Editors | Ehsan Rezvani (0000-0001-8996-0312) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 2022 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Research International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2090-4010 • E-ISSN: 2090-4002 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1155/2022/4905054 |
| OpenAlex | W4296191312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 42 |
Literature in the field of TESOL recruitment practices suggests that the myth of monolingual speakerism has impacted the employment methods in various countries in the world. The monolingual (native) speaker has a privileged position in English language teaching, representing both the model speaker and the ideal teacher. Bilingual teachers of English are often perceived as less competent than their monolingual counterparts in Oman. The aim of the study was to critically explore and problematize the recruitment practices that discriminate the bilingual English teachers in Oman. This article reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative study conducted at an English Language Center (ELC) at one of the colleges of technology in Oman (CoTs) through obtaining data from bilingual teachers of English. The results demonstrated that the native (monolingual) speakers' fallacy is "alive and kicking" in Oman. All the recruiting agencies prefer to recruit monolingual speakers justifying this stance on the pretext that bilinguals are viewed as incompetent imitators of English. There is also a huge discrimination based on salary range between monolingual and bilingual teachers, despite doing same job. Colonial impact is another reason behind monolingual speakers' preference. The impact of discrimination is that bilingual teachers of English are left feeling inferior. Hence, it is essential to adopt policies, which install greater sense of job security to enhance motivation and innovation. The study suggests that there is an urgent need to review the recruitment practices in Oman to establish equality and to create a healthy working environment
Feeling · First language · Job security · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Political science · Practicum · Salary · Tamil · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Engineering · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology
Research Methods in Education
Language as a Local Practice
Native-speakerism
Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects
Progress in English Language Teaching Through Continuous Professional Development—Teachers’ Self-Awareness, Perception, and Feedback
Critical Applied Linguistics
Content Analysis in Mass Communication
Non‐native‐speaker teachers and English as an International Language
The employability of non-native-speaker teachers of EFL
Non-native English-speaking English language teachers
Monolingual Bias in SLA Research
The Decolonial Option in English Teaching
Race and Tesol
Revisiting the Colonial in the Postcolonial
Nonnative-English-Speaking Professionals in Tesol
Race and the Identity of the Nonnative ESL Teacher
The Denial of Ideology in Perceptions of ‘Nonnative Speake’ Teachers
Adorno and Marcuse at the Barricades
Social Dimensions and Processes in Second Language Acquisition
TheNative Speaker
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |