NNSE

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Noun[edit]

NNSE (plural NNSEs)

  1. Initialism of non-native speaker of English.
    Synonym: NNES
    • 2012, MaryAnn Christison, Denise E. Murray, Leadership in English Language Education: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times, Routledge, →ISBN, page 102:
      As Braj Kachru (1985, 1992, 1996) and others have pointed out, the number of non-native speakers of English (NNSE) in the world has for some time been greater than the number of native speakers, and given the growing number of NNSE ...
    • 2012, Ramona Tang, Academic Writing in a Second or Foreign Language: Issues and Challenges Facing ESL/EFL Academic Writers in Higher Education Contexts, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 210:
      Flowerdew interviewed the editors of 12 international journals from the fields of ELT and Applied Linguistics in order to find out their attitudes towards contributions from non-native speakers of English (NNSE).
    • 2012, Jo McDonough, Christopher Shaw, Materials and Methods in ELT, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 160:
      In ELF, native-speaker norms become less relevant. Imagine an international convention held in China where medical experts from various continents gather. Would it matter at all if an NNSE's (non-native speaker of English) pronunciation [were off]?

Proper noun[edit]

NNSE

  1. Initialism of non-native speakers' English.
    • 2016, Noor Azam Haji-Othman, James McLellan, David Deterding, The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam: A Kingdom of Unexpected Linguistic Diversity, Springer, →ISBN, page 104:
      Figure 8.1 shows the students' perceptions of the NSE and NNSE varieties in terms of intelligibility. []
    • 2013, Stephanie Ann Houghton, Damian J. Rivers, Native-Speakerism in Japan: Intergroup Dynamics in Foreign Language Education, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 159:
      [] Holliday also argues that the native/nonnative dichotomy that gives rise to negative perceptions of NNSE is a political construction.

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