This extract echoes Llurda (2009) who argues that teaching is considered “a serious business which requires intensive training and strict quality control” (p. 130). Sufficient teaching experience and training are seen as more important than the teachers’ biological profile. Canagarajah (1999a) impressively states that “language teaching is an art, a science, and a skill that requires complex pedagogical preparation and practice. Therefore, not all speakers may make good teachers of their first language”