Suci Azani Putri Triani Oktarina

WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTH OF NATIVE AND NON NATIVE SPEAKER EDUCATORS

SUCI AZANI PUTRI TRIANI OKTARINA

ISSUE

What are Native and Non Native Speakers Educator?

What are their Weaknesses and their Strengths?

Cook) (1999

Native speaker is someone who has learned English as first language in childhood.

Non Native speaker is someone who has learned particular language as second or third language, but has a different language as native language.

Medgyes (1994)

classifying native and non native educators as two different group based on their level of proficiency and different language behavior

Native speakers and non native speakers have their own way to teach the classroom.

What are the strengths and the weaknesses of native and non native speaker educators?

However as the development of English in Indonesia, the English course and private schools prefer to employ Native Speakers Educators than Non Native Speakers educators

Samimy and Brutt-Griffler (1999) argue that NSE are more aware of learner’s need, they speak English more confidently and they are potentially more accomplished users of English.

Modiano (1999) states that especially young learners have positive attitudes towards their NSE as they display a good model of the target language.

Modiano (1999) states that especially young learners have positive attitudes towards their NSE as they display a good model of the target language.

Lasagabaster and Sierra (2005) in their study come to the conclusion that students perception towards NSE are quite positive in terms of developing language skills such as speaking, writing, reading, etc.

METHOD qualitative research which uses content analysis technique

the data based on five (5) international journals which are ELSEVIER – Procedia, Social and Behavior

1. A comparison of classroom interaction patterns of native and nonnativeEFL teachers (2012) by Banu Inan. 2. Students’ preferences regarding native and non-native teachers of English at a university in the French Brittany (2015) by Noemi Rámila Díaz. 3. Native and Non-Native English Language Teachers: Student Perceptions in Vietnam and Japan (2014) by Ian Walkinshaw and Duongthi Hoang Oanh. 4. Strengths and weaknesses of NESTs and NNESTs: Perceptions of NNESTs in Hong Kong (2012) by Lai Ping Florence Ma. 5. Evaluating the contributions of native and non-native teachers to an English Language Teaching program (2012) by Serkan Gurkan a , Dogan Yuksel,

RESULT Native and Non Native Speakers Educators are in equal position

NES has strength on fluency, pronunciatio n, creative flexible

NNES are good at communicati ng but lack of confidence

Linguistic

NES don’t understand local and education system NNES understand local and education system and students’ background s

Socio-Cultural

NES are good in motivating students

NNES tend to use mother tongue.

Pedagogical

NATIVE AND NON NATIVE ARE NOT BETTER IN EVERY ASPECTS OF TEACHING AND LANGUAGE

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