Viafara, John Jairo2019-09-192019-09-19http://hdl.handle.net/11349/18166AbstractRooted in the need to confront the pervasive and harmful effect of the myth of the native speaker and affiliated language ideologies, this article shares the findings of a research study conducted in two public Colombian universities. The study examined participants’ self-perceived (non) nativeness as speakers of Spanish and English. Using surveys and interviews within a mixed-method approach, the study found that participants perceived themselves as over-empowered in their being native Spanish speakers. Conversely, as speakers of English, most prospective teachers feared the disadvantages of not achieving native-like abilities, but they were confident in their university programs and their previous experience as English learners to achieve their language learning education goals.         application/pdftext/htmlCopyright (c) 2016 Colombian Applied Linguistics Journalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0Language ideologiesNativespeakerismNon Native English Speaker TeachersThe Myth of the Native SpeakerSelf-perceived (non) Nativeness.info:eu-repo/semantics/article