Opinions of Turkish Foreign Language Learners About Native and Nonnative Teachers
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https://doi.org/10.51242/SAKA-TJER.2020.2Keywords:
Native, Nonnative, Language, Teachers, LearnersAbstract
English is the lingua franca of 21st century on earth obviously. It takes the biggest part in foreign language education all across the world and there are two main sources for employing teachers in the field. Native English speakers are able to find a suitable position for themselves anywhere in the world as a tutor thanks to their true born identity and a shot period course else ways other language users can be an English language teacher because many countries offer English language teaching education in their universities or colleges to fulfill massive number of teacher exigence in the field. There is an ongoing debate about which group of teacher is superior the other especially in settings where both group of teachers can serve simultaneously. In this study, opinions of learners who have a chance to study both group are investigated and findings are exposed both in quantitative and qualitative manners.
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