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Now is the time for a new, multilingual focus when teaching English
Most people learning English can already speak one or more languages. They are emergent bi- or multilinguals able to use all languages in their linguistic repertoire depending on the social context. This is a valuable skill, making English learners not deficient users of the language but multilingual individuals with a qualitatively different type of linguistic competence.
In teaching, this means the reference to the monolingual native speaker is not valid in a multilingual and dynamic society. All language users should be encouraged to make the most of their multilingualism.