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Title: Strengths and weaknesses of NESTs and NNESTs : perceptions of NNESTs in Hong Kong
Related: Linguistics and education, Vol. 23, Issue 1, (2012), p.1-15
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2011.09.005
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2012
Author/Creator: Ma, Lai Ping Florence
Description: Since non-native English speaking teachers (NNESTs) are always compared with native English speaking teachers (NESTs) on linguistic grounds, their strengths and weaknesses as English teachers are worthy of investigation. This paper reports on a mixed methods study which examines the strengths and weaknesses of NNESTs and NESTs through the perceptions of NNESTs in Hong Kong. Data were collected through a questionnaire completed by 53 NNESTs teaching in secondary schools and three semi-structured individual interviews for the purpose of data triangulation. Findings show that NNESTs and NESTs are perceived to have distinctive linguistic, socio-cultural and pedagogical strengths and weaknesses. While NNESTs are thought to have strong pedagogical strengths, they have linguistic weaknesses. While NESTs are perceived to have strong linguistic strengths, they have pedagogical weaknesses. An interesting finding is that some of the perceived strengths and weaknesses are complementary. This paper has theoretical implications for language teacher expertise and practical suggestions for teacher preparation.
Description: 15 page(s)
Subject Keyword: English language teaching
Subject Keyword: Native English speaking teachers
Subject Keyword: Native speakers
Subject Keyword: Non-native English speaking teachers
Subject Keyword: Non-native speakers
Subject Keyword: Teacher beliefs
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Linguistics

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/174037
Identifier: ISSN:0898-5898
Identifier: mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-81255143549
Language: eng
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