Teacher and Student Preferences of Native and Nonnative Teachers

PDF #90 – Daniel Madrid – Teacher and Student Preferences of Native and Nonnative Foreign Language Teachers, 2004, University of Granada

The present paper focuses on the much debated issue of native and nonnative speakers as teachers of English. After offering a brief literature review of the research which has been conducted on the differences between native and nonnative teachers, it reports on the design and outcomes of a study carried
out to obtain a deeper insight into student and teacher perceptions of the influence of native and nonnative teachers on the English language classroom.

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