Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Spanish Speaking Teacher teaching English Mr. Martinez, Colombian native, was hired to teach English in a school. He is majored and has a master degree in English but his accent is present when speaking. Parents have complained about his accent claiming he shouldn't be teaching English because the language is not his native. Mr. Martinez has had success teaching English in his previous school and students loved his class. Because of parents' comments his new students seemed to be biased about his class. Despite his efforts to make the class engaging, Mr. Martinez doesn't seem to make progress. What should Mr. Martinez or the school's administration to mitigate the comments and change parents and students' behavior? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This seems incredibly unfair. Some communities are more xenophobic than others. I think Mr. Martinez could use this gap in understanding as an opportunity to connect not just with his students, but the community as well. He could starts by hosting open house nights in his class. That makes way for an opportunity to see where some of these xenophobic tendencies originate and also an opportunity for him to share his story about learning English.