Teachers at Meridian English have gone months without payment – and without communication from CEO Neil Pick. Here the teachers tell their story. The first the teachers knew about it, it was because their pay didn’t arrive. Then, through vague, sporadic, and often conflicting messages from Meridian CEO Neil Pick, the teachers learned that the … Read more
Emek worked at TopUp Learning / TTI English school in Camden in London, a dedicated teacher who was well-liked by students and workmates alike. But her employment recently came to an end, something she believes is due to the fact her first language is Turkish. Below she lays out her allegations about how she was … Read more
Why native-speakerism in language teaching has had its day. Native-speakerism – the idea that those who can claim to have a language as their mother tongue are automatically better at teaching it and more legitimate models of what counts as good language use – has been around in English language teaching for a long time. … Read more