This paper presents a study on the employment criteria used by school administrators and their views on the strengths and weaknesses of local teachers and expatriate teachers. This study aimed to provide a perspective on the issue from an English as a foreign language context. Questionnaires collected from administrators of 94 private primary and high schools in Istanbul were analyzed. Although being a native speaker of English ranked seventh out of the eight criteria, the presence of expatriate teachers in a school was considered important. In addition, participants from schools that employed both expatriate and local teachers attributed more importance to the native-speakerness criterion. Finally, administrators found local teachers more ...
This study, which utilized a mixed-methods design, aimed at investigating the challenges facing Engl...
This study critically examines the job satisfaction of expatriate English as a Foreign Language (EFL...
The native speaker still has a privileged position in English language teaching, representing both t...
The main aims of this study are to investigate the attitudes of Libyan students towards Native and N...
peer-reviewedThe main aims of this study are to investigate the attitudes of Libyan students towards...
This paper investigates foreign born teachers working as EFL educators and their attitudes towards t...
This paper explores the process of hiring EFLteachers, the criteria used, and the effect of the stat...
The status of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has been accepted as an increasingly popular debate i...
The number of learners of English as an international means of communication increases hand in hand ...
Native English-speaking teacher (NEST) and non-native English-speaking teacher (NNEST) dichotomy has...
Key words: native and non-native teachers, EFL, students' perceptions, teaching and assessment ABST...
This study is aimed at investigating the existence of preferential attitudes towards native English ...
It is no longer a secret that nonnative speakers of English far exceed the number of native speakers...
The purpose of this study is to discover the issues in teaching English from the perspective of teac...
The importance of English as a global language (Crystal 1997) is rising every day, and this increasi...
This study, which utilized a mixed-methods design, aimed at investigating the challenges facing Engl...
This study critically examines the job satisfaction of expatriate English as a Foreign Language (EFL...
The native speaker still has a privileged position in English language teaching, representing both t...
The main aims of this study are to investigate the attitudes of Libyan students towards Native and N...
peer-reviewedThe main aims of this study are to investigate the attitudes of Libyan students towards...
This paper investigates foreign born teachers working as EFL educators and their attitudes towards t...
This paper explores the process of hiring EFLteachers, the criteria used, and the effect of the stat...
The status of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has been accepted as an increasingly popular debate i...
The number of learners of English as an international means of communication increases hand in hand ...
Native English-speaking teacher (NEST) and non-native English-speaking teacher (NNEST) dichotomy has...
Key words: native and non-native teachers, EFL, students' perceptions, teaching and assessment ABST...
This study is aimed at investigating the existence of preferential attitudes towards native English ...
It is no longer a secret that nonnative speakers of English far exceed the number of native speakers...
The purpose of this study is to discover the issues in teaching English from the perspective of teac...
The importance of English as a global language (Crystal 1997) is rising every day, and this increasi...
This study, which utilized a mixed-methods design, aimed at investigating the challenges facing Engl...
This study critically examines the job satisfaction of expatriate English as a Foreign Language (EFL...
The native speaker still has a privileged position in English language teaching, representing both t...