Discrimination in the Gig Economy: The Experiences of Black Online English Teachers

Autor/in	Curran, Nathaniel Ming
Titel	Discrimination in the Gig Economy: The Experiences of Black Online English Teachers
Quelle	In: Language and Education, 37 (2023) 2, S.171-185 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Curran, Nathaniel Ming)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0782
DOI	10.1080/09500782.2021.1981928
Schlagwörter	Online Courses; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; African American Teachers; Native Speakers; Racism; Racial Discrimination; Ideology; Algorithms; Blacks; Minority Group Teachers; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Ethnic Stereotypes; Teaching Conditions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; African Americans; Teacher; Teachers; Afroamerikaner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Muttersprachler; Rassismus; Racial bias; Ideologie; Algorithm; Algorithmus; Black person; Schwarzer; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen
Abstract	This article examines the rapidly expanding market for online English learning and tutoring. It focuses on the experiences of Black American online English teachers employed on a variety of popular online teaching platforms (e.g. Cambly, italki, PalFish, VIPKid etc.). Specifically, the article considers how specific affordances of online English teaching platforms (e.g. customer ratings and algorithms) function to disadvantage non-White teachers. In order to address these issues, the article brings together two relevant but distinct literatures: scholarship on language ideologies and scholarship on algorithms and the gig economy. The data analyzed include: Semi-structured interviews with Black online English teachers; the websites of popular teaching platforms; and posts in public Reddit threads focused on online English teaching. The findings demonstrate how Black teachers experience the intersection of customer-based ratings and algorithms within the burgeoning online English teaching industry. The article concludes by advocating for scholars to more systematically engage with and study online tutoring platforms' use of rating and algorithms. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01