The document discusses perspectives on native English speakers and their role in language teaching. It notes that traditionally, native English speakers were considered the ideal teachers. However, views have changed as more people become bilingual. Today, the definitions of native and non-native are obsolete. Non-native teachers are now better equipped to teach due to learning English in a classroom setting. Non-native speakers are divided into L2 users, who speak with accents and vary grammatically from native norms, and expert users, who demonstrate proficiency with idioms, tenses and complex language.