Students' beliefs about native English-speaking teachers and Korean English teachers : a study of university students in Korea

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dc.contributor.advisorHorwitz, Elaine Kolker, 1950-
dc.creatorChun, Sun Young, 1978-
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-30T15:48:13Z
dc.date.available2016-11-30T15:48:13Z
dc.date.issued2007-05
dc.description.abstractThe objectives of this study were to understand Korean university students’ beliefs and concerns about Native English-Speaking Teachers (NESTs) and Korean English Teachers (KETs) in Korea and to offer pedagogical strategies to address their concerns. One hundred and twenty-five university students in Korea participated in a questionnaire study. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data, and a non-parametric test of equal distribution (Wilcoxon test) was used to compare students’ responses to paired questions addressing NESTs and KETs. The findings of this study indicated that Korean students perceived NESTs and KETs as different and as having their own strengths and weaknesses. Students did not favor one type of teacher and held distinctive beliefs about the characteristics, areas of English teaching competence, appropriateness for different stages of learning English, and classroom performance of both groups of teachers. The study suggests that students would benefit from studying with both types of teachers and that NESTs, KETs, students, and administrators would benefit from making conscious efforts to better understand one another.en_US
dc.description.departmentForeign Language Educationen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T26970161
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/43879
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden_US
dc.subjectNative English Speaking Teachers (NESTs)en_US
dc.subjectKorean English Teachers (KETs)en_US
dc.subjectEnglish as a second language (ESL)en_US
dc.titleStudents' beliefs about native English-speaking teachers and Korean English teachers : a study of university students in Koreaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentForeign Language Educationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineForeign Language Educationen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US

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