We need to stop telling our students to have their essays checked by a native English speaker. It doesn’t help them, sometimes harms them, and perpetuates a false narrative about writing and language.
“ Native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) preferred”. “Must be a native English speaker with an American or British accent”.
The shift to remote work means we have a greater ability and opportunity to work with people worldwide, who may not be native English-speakers. Here are five things you can do to ensure those ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Pronunciation accuracy may not be the most important thing for making non-native English speakers easier to understand, but rather it is their fluency, including fewer pauses, ...
We already knew that generative AI replicates human biases, but it turns out the tools meant to identify it do, as well. Reading time 3 minutes Programs meant to distinguish chatbot text from human ...
Researchers found popular GPT-detectors flagged essays by non-native English speakers as AI-written. One detection system marked almost 98% of their essays as AI-generated text. The findings add to ...
English serves as a convenient, common language for science. However, this practice poses insurmountable barriers to those whose first language is not English — the majority of people around the world ...
In his 1913 play Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw wrote: “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.” While Shaw was referring to ...
Struggling with the TOEFL speaking section? Learn tips from a native English speaker to improve your score. Practice ...
Picture this: A group of nonnative English speakers is in a room. There are people from Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Nigeria and France. They're having a great time speaking to each other in ...