Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers

This study investigates students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards native and non-native English language teachers in a Spanish educational setting. The aim of this study is not only to compare Spanish and English opinions, but also discover the perceived advantages and disadvantages of both types of...

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Autor: Martínez-Abarca Crane, Francisca Isabel
Tipo de documento: dissertação
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositório:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglês
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Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/20006
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:811.111'243=134.2
Native English language teacher
Non-native English language teacher
Spanish educational settings
EFL
Attitudes
Likert scale
T-test.
Filología inglesa
5505.10 Filología
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spelling Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachersMartínez-Abarca Crane, Francisca Isabel811.111'243=134.2Native English language teacherNon-native English language teacherSpanish educational settingsEFLAttitudesLikert scaleT-test.Filología inglesa5505.10 FilologíaThis study investigates students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards native and non-native English language teachers in a Spanish educational setting. The aim of this study is not only to compare Spanish and English opinions, but also discover the perceived advantages and disadvantages of both types of teacher in a context where English is taught as a foreign language. The data was collected by means of a direct questionnaire, consisting in 14 questions in which participants were asked to rank their opinions on a five-point Likert scale. Furthermore, supplementary individual interviews, consisting in 7 open-ended questions were conducted with both teachers and students. A total of 184 questionnaire responses were obtained and analysed using a t-test, and further complemented with 26 individual interviews that were completed to elicit further information. The results obtained show that students perceive the native teacher to possess advantages over the non-native teacher with regard to pronunciation and culture, but not with regard to the teaching of grammar. The native teacher is therefore seen as necessary for practicing conversation, whereas the non-native is thought as necessary for teaching the written aspects of the language. It was concluded that teachers and students expressed a need for both types of teacher in the language learning process, as they are seen to complement one another.Kristiansen, GitteUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20162016-11-0120162016-11-01master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/20006reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/200062026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
title Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
spellingShingle Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
Martínez-Abarca Crane, Francisca Isabel
811.111'243=134.2
Native English language teacher
Non-native English language teacher
Spanish educational settings
EFL
Attitudes
Likert scale
T-test.
Filología inglesa
5505.10 Filología
title_short Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
title_full Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
title_fullStr Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
title_full_unstemmed Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
title_sort Native/non-native, does it really matter? Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of English language teachers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martínez-Abarca Crane, Francisca Isabel
author Martínez-Abarca Crane, Francisca Isabel
author_facet Martínez-Abarca Crane, Francisca Isabel
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Kristiansen, Gitte
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 811.111'243=134.2
Native English language teacher
Non-native English language teacher
Spanish educational settings
EFL
Attitudes
Likert scale
T-test.
Filología inglesa
5505.10 Filología
topic 811.111'243=134.2
Native English language teacher
Non-native English language teacher
Spanish educational settings
EFL
Attitudes
Likert scale
T-test.
Filología inglesa
5505.10 Filología
description This study investigates students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards native and non-native English language teachers in a Spanish educational setting. The aim of this study is not only to compare Spanish and English opinions, but also discover the perceived advantages and disadvantages of both types of teacher in a context where English is taught as a foreign language. The data was collected by means of a direct questionnaire, consisting in 14 questions in which participants were asked to rank their opinions on a five-point Likert scale. Furthermore, supplementary individual interviews, consisting in 7 open-ended questions were conducted with both teachers and students. A total of 184 questionnaire responses were obtained and analysed using a t-test, and further complemented with 26 individual interviews that were completed to elicit further information. The results obtained show that students perceive the native teacher to possess advantages over the non-native teacher with regard to pronunciation and culture, but not with regard to the teaching of grammar. The native teacher is therefore seen as necessary for practicing conversation, whereas the non-native is thought as necessary for teaching the written aspects of the language. It was concluded that teachers and students expressed a need for both types of teacher in the language learning process, as they are seen to complement one another.
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