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The Best English Teacher according to English Department Students
Citra Puspita Dewi
Abstract
The study was conducted to analyze who the best English teacher according to
English Department student. The participants of the study were a hundred English
Department students of any semester or year. This study used quantitative research using a
questionnaire, but it was elaborated qualitatively. It focused on the students’ preference of the
best English teacher whether it is NESTs or non-NESTs. However this study firstly explored
the students’ understanding of NESTs and non-NESTs in order to make sure that they
understand those two terms so that they could choose which one they considered as the best
English teacher. The first finding showed that the majority of the participants defined NESTs
as those from English speaking country that is countries which use English as the mother
tongue or L1 and/or as the main language. The second finding, related to the counterpart of
NESTs, was almost all participants defined non-NESTs as those from non-English speaking
country which also referred to bilingual users of English. The last finding showed that most
participants preferred NESTs as the best English teacher. The study suggests that NESTs got
more preference for the matter of their speaking skill especially the pronunciation.
Keywords: native English speaker teachers (NESTs), non-native English speaker teachers
(non-NESTs).