The Voice of Non-native English Teacher
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This paper attempts to study the pioneering model of “World Englishes” introduced by Kachru during the 1980s that assigns the presence of English into three concentric circle: The Inner Circle, The Outer Circle, and The Expanding Circle. The Inner Circle incorporates the countries where English is used as a native language and as a first language among individuals. These countries include the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Outer Circle implies the nations where English is utilized as a second language. These countries which belong to this section are such as India, Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya, etc. The last circle is The Expanding Circle and it comprises of the countries where English is used as a foreign language, such as Thailand, Japan, China, Korea, Turkey, and others.
Although the three concentric model was the first publicized, it has also been questioned and criticized by number of researchers and linguists due to the unclear of its membership, and its vagueness has brought various challenges to non-native English teachers throughout the world. Therefore, this paper likewise addresses some of the challenges and obstacles which non-native English teachers may encounter when ones work in Thailand, and the strengths of non-native English teachers are additionally included so as to raise an awareness in the field of English Language Teaching in Thailand as well as individuals in general, and to draw out the best in all non-native English teachers.
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ต้นฉบับที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสาร มจร พุทธโสธรปริทรรศน์ วิทยาลัยสงฆ์พุทธโสธร มหาวิทยาลัยมหาจุฬาลงกรณราชวิทยาลัย ถือเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยสงฆ์พุทธโสธร มหาวิทยาลัยมหาจุฬาลงกรณราชวิทยาลัย ห้ามนำข้อความทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนไปพิมพ์ซ้ำ เว้นเสีย แต่ว่าจะได้รับอนุญาตจากวิทยาลัยฯ เป็นลายลักษณ์อักษร และเพื่อให้เป็นไปตามกฎหมายลิขสิทธิ์ ผู้เขียนทุกท่านต้องลงลายมือชื่อในแบบฟอร์มใบมอบลิขสิทธิ์ บทความให้แก่วารสาร พร้อมกับบทความต้นฉบับที่ได้แก้ไขครั้งสุดท้าย นอกจากนี้ ผู้เขียนทุกท่านต้องยืนยันว่าบทความต้นฉบับที่ส่งมาตีพิมพ์นั้น ได้ส่งมาตีพิมพ์เฉพาะในวารสาร มจร พุทธโสธรปริทรรศน์ เพียงแห่งเดียวเท่านั้น
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