In this connection, when local knowledge, language, and literature were marginalized and devalued, the next logical step was to make such local heritages irrelevant for teaching and learning English. Influenced by Phillipson‘s Linguistic Imperialism, Kumaravadivelu (2003a) employs his term ―monolingual tenet‖ (p. 542) to refer to this phenomenon. The monolingual tenet ―holds that the teaching of English as a foreign or second language should be entirely through the medium of English‖ (p. 542). In an atmosphere where such a tenet holds, local teachers and learners are discouraged from using their prior linguistic competence to facilitate their second language teaching and learning. In addition, this mentality tends to empower and privilege native speakers of English who do not share the language of their learners. Stated in stark terms, Holliday (2005) argues that ―every measure should be taken to ensure that other languages are not allowed to interfere with the learning of English, and that the ‗native-speaker‘ is the best person to teach English worldwide‖ (p. 10).