Haunting Native Speakerism? Students' Perceptions toward Native Speaking English Teachers in Taiwan

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Kun-huei; Ke, Chung
Titel	Haunting Native Speakerism? Students' Perceptions toward Native Speaking English Teachers in Taiwan
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 2 (2009) 3, S.44-52 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Language Teachers; Native Speakers; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Interviews; Teacher Student Relationship; Asians; Foreign Countries; College Students; Teaching Methods; Expectation; Student Participation; Standard Spoken Usage; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Muttersprachler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; Collegestudent; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Expectancy; Erwartung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache
Abstract	This paper intends to explore how Taiwanese university students perceive their native-speaking English teachers (NESTs). Mutual expectations between the NESTs and students are also investigated. Collected data include questionnaires from 107 students and interviews with three NESTs and 19 students who have filled out the questionnaire. The result shows that students expect more encouragement and interaction with the NESTs, and more relaxed activities with fewer assignments and tests. A third of the students expect NEST with a standard accent, while a quarter do not care about accent at all. The NESTs reveal their dissatisfaction toward the students' passiveness and lack of responsiveness. While students expect their NESTs to be interactive, they themselves seem to give the NESTs an impression of unwillingness to participate. The discussion centers on this dilemma and offers some suggestions for English teachers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01