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Leia Lee

KOTESOL International Conference 2016

(Concurrent Session) 

Leia Lee, Independant Business English Trainer
 

Define NEST in the ELT Context for Me, Please!
 

Abstract
In EBP (English for Business Purposes) industry in Korea, often times, a trainer recruitment decision is made initially and mainly based on one's visa type (more specifically, a passport type, an ethnic background), not by one's qualification and/or professional experience. This, then, is followed by differences in employment benefits, hourly rates, types of interview questions, types of workload, and many more. In order to better 'shape the future with 21st century skills', all stakeholders in ELT must realize the fact that EBP learners do not receive better or worse English educational service by either NESTs (Native English Speaking Teachers) or NNESTs (Non-Native English Speaking Teachers). In this presentation, I would like to talk about discrimination against NNESTs in EBP sector in Korea.
 

Biographicals

Leia Lee has been in Adult Language Education field since 2006 both academically and professionally. Growing up in Korea and in India, having educational background in the USA (B.A. in Applied Linguistics & Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language at University of California, Los Angeles) and in the Netherlands (Radboud University, an Orange Tulip Scholarship recipient), it is only natural that she dives her heart into English as a Lingua Franca and its related topics in ELT. In addition, Leia has also taught Korean language at a numerous places including US Army, Yongsan Garrison and at Camp Casey. There, she won an appreciation award for being an outstanding instructor of the quarter (2014) and of the year (2015). Aside from being an educator, Leia is an interpreter, translator, and a transcriber (Australia, Canada, and USA). She is currently working as a Business English Trainer in Seoul where she trains various Korean Corporate employees and executives.
 

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