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Native Speaker In The English Language

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Introduction
The English language has shifted from a language that was once spoken intra-nationally between native speakers in English national countries to becoming an international medium of communication (Kirkpatrick 2007). It is not only spoken in native-native speaker or native-non-native speaker interactions, but also spoken among non-native speakers as a lingua franca (Crystal, 2007). It is estimated that approximately 2 billion people have English knowledge (Graddol, 2007) in which native speakers are now a minority and non-native speakers are the majority (Kirkpatrick, 2007). It is routinely believed that in 80% of interactions in English involving a second language user the interlocutor is also a speaker of English as a second language user. This has been a source of concern for some linguists who believe that the proliferating numbers of non-native speakers and the emergence of localised varieties of English has put native speakers at a disadvantage. Their primary concern is that the role of native speakers in English Language Teaching (ELT) will soon become irrelevant as global English develops (Crystal 2007, Graddol, 2006).

This study will examine Graddol’s (2006) claim that native speakers ‘may be seen as presenting an obstacle to the free development of English’ (Graddol, 2006, p.114). It will explore the rapidly changing status of English and the role which native speakers play in various English Language Teaching (ELT) contexts. First, Graddol’s (2006)

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