
This issue addresses the critical shift from the traditional "Native Speaker" ideal toward a Global Englishes (GE) paradigm. Historically, language teacher education has prioritized the norms of inner-circle countries (like the UK or US), often marginalizing non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) and overlooking the reality that most English communication now occurs between non-native speakers.
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