Unhappiness over foreign teachers only rule

Posted on 15/07/2011 by alexcase

Typically for these kinds of situations, it’s the Malaysian government rather the British Council who are responsible for completely excluding Malaysian citizens from a new(ish) mentoring scheme.

Story in The Star Online here.

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2 Responses to Unhappiness over foreign teachers only rule

  1. Jonathan Aichele's avatar Jonathan Aichele says:
    15/07/2011 at 04:41

    The scheme is referred to in Malay as “the Native Speaker Programme,” both on the street and in official documentation.

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  2. Sandy Mac's avatar Sandy Mac says:
    16/07/2011 at 22:49

    Nice to see the BC washing their hands of this one – how strange!!

    Since when has one’s nationality or passport been an indication of whether you’re a native speaker or not? Surely the term ‘native speaker’ means just that – you speak as a native does, having been raised and educated in that country.

    In fact, the woman in the story appears to be bilingual – but that’s not good enough, apparently. Perhaps they meant ‘monolingual Brit’ instead of ‘native speaker’? That’s MUCH better, of course!

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