This.
I've never felt the "Imposter syndrome" too much here, but I know some Japanese (and English native speakers) have looked down on me as an English teacher because I'm not native. I don't usually care. What I care about is when some bozos become English teachers here despite their obvious absence of teaching (or even social) skills just because they're native speakers. They hurt the entire profession.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250822/p2a/00m/0op/012000c
#English #Japan #EnglishEducation #ESL #EFL
David B. :SetouchiExplorer:
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