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 NATIVE SPEAKERISM IN LANGUAGE TEACHING : I HAVE HUGE NEWS !! After nearly two years of waiting for justice to be done further to discriminatory refusals to give me work as an English teacher, and after noticing that the regulatory bodies for vocational training simply do not care about this issue, I HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS !! THE DEFENDER OF RIGHTS (Défenseur des Droits), AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION, HAS MADE A DECISION REGARDING ONE MY CASES, STATING THAT HIRING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON ORIGIN AND NATIONALITY OCCURRED, BY WHICH THEY REQUEST THE RESPONDENT TO PAY ME FAIR COMPENSATION FOR THE PREJUDICE CAUSED, AND THEY ARE READY TO GIVE ME THEIR FULL SUPPORT IF I GO TO COURT (SHOULD A SETTLEMENT FAIL TO BE REACHED BETWEEN ME AND THE LANGUAGE SCHOOL WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS). THEY ALSO REQUEST THE SCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT A NEW RECRUITMENT PROCESS WHICH ENSURES THAT THE MOTHER TONGUE OF CANDIDATES IS NO LONGER A CRITERION, AND THAT AN UNEQUIVOCAL REQUIREMENT WITH REGARDS TO LA
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Breaking news !!   After more than a year of fighting to defend Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers (NNESTs), here is where we are now.   -           13 refferal files open with the French Defender of Rights (the latest file was open…today !) This means potentionally 13 organisations or schools convicted for discriminatory practises…but let’s be a bit realistic given the legal uncertainty…probably less ! ; -           Still no decision has been made by the French Defender of Rights, which is « normal » due to the infamous red tape…but many of the 13 cases are already being investigated (which takes months). According to the jurist I spoke to over the phone, some decisions should be made by the end of the year if I am lucky... ; -           An ever-growing worldwide community on LinkedIn is aware of discriminatory practices and it is starting to voice things out loud ! This is very uplifting !!; -         After reporting discriminatory practices to France Compétences more
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                 On the eve of a legal battle against discrimination* (*recruiters who refuse to hire non-native English-speaking teachers) Having been a victim of discrimination for several years now, here is the situation today : -         No decision and no support from the French defender of rights since I started to report the bad practices to them with written proofs 8 months ago  ; -          No support from trade unions (the ones which apply to my activity as a freelancer) -           Some good news though : SOS racisme (a famous French association) supports me in this battle ! -          Lawyer fees spent for no result so far (due to schools’ refusals to admit any wrongdoing); -          In France, there has been no similar case of an English teacher taking schools to court for this kind of discrimination in recruitment.  Here are some big questions that French judges may need to answer in the coming months/years (the answers may seem obvious to some of you, b
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  SONDANNESTs survey results analysis – (analyse des résultats du sondage) Introduction   : Thanks to all the 43 participants who kindly dedicated a few minutes to this cause ! As most respondents were English teachers (76.7%), I will focus on analysing their answers. I have tried to create a link for the complete survey results but unfortunately I have failed...so here is the gist of this survey's teachings ! Merci aux 43 personnes qui ont bien voulu dédier quelques minutes à cette cause ! La plupart des sondé.e.s étaient des professeurs d’anglais (76.7%), c’est pourquoi je concentrerai mon analyse sur leurs réponses. J'ai essayé de créer un lien pour l'ensemble des résultats du sondage, mais en vain...donc vous trouverez ci-dessous l'essentiel à retenir ! Most interesting figures / chiffres les plus intéressants*  : *(questions with a sufficient number of answers / questions ayant récolté un nombre suff
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