The Effect of Native and Nonnative English Language Teachers on Secondary Students’ Achievement in Speaking Skills
Abstract
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of
the native English language teachers in comparison with nonnative
English language teachers on students’ achievement in
speaking skills. The subjects of the study were six native
English teachers (NESTs) and six non-native English teachers
(NNESTs), and their 196 grade ten students in the Institute of
Applied Technology in the UAE. The instrument of the study
was a speaking test implemented at the end of term one of the
academic year 2008/2009. The findings revealed that there
was no significant difference among students’ overall
speaking achievement test scores amongst 10th graders at (ά =
0.05) due to the native-ness of the teacher. However, the in
depth analysis showed that there was a significance
correlation between native-ness and pronunciation in favor of
the NESTs and a significant correlation between accuracy and
native-ness in favor of the NNESTs. (Keywords: Native
English teacher, Speaking skill, Effective teacher,
Intelligibility).