The study examines how native-speaker norms in Thai higher education can reproduce linguistic hierarchy and uses Global Englishes to frame more plural practices. Its policy value depends on evaluating implementation across diverse students, teachers and institutions.
Key findings
- The study examines how native-speaker norms in Thai higher education can reproduce linguistic hierarchy and uses Global Englishes to frame more plural practices. Its policy value depends on evaluating implementation across diverse students, teachers and institutions.
Why this matters globally
This work adds internationally comparable evidence in Engineering and defines questions for replication in other populations or systems. Its global value lies in the evidence and transferable reasoning, not in a single impact score.
Thai researcher contribution
Thailand-linked authors and Prince of Songkla University contribute to the research network behind this work. Thai participation is identified from bibliographic affiliations and should be checked against the author list and source article.
Limitations to consider
Findings reflect the sampled context and should not be treated as prevalence estimates or population-wide conclusions without further testing.
Verify the original sources
TESOL QuarterlyRead the original article↗DOI: 10.1002/tesq.70134