Students’ Expectations and Attitudes towards Nonnative-English-Speaking Teachers in ESL and EFL Settings: Teachers’ and Students’ Own Perspectives

Author

Lindsei Pereira da Silva, West Virginia University

Semester

Fall

Date of Graduation

2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MA

College

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Department

World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

Committee Chair

Xiangying Jiang

Committee Member

Susan Braidi

Committee Member

Maria Amores

Abstract

The number of nonnative-English-speaking English teachers (non-NESTs) has been increasing tremendously both in EFL and in ESL settings and so has the number of language learners who are taught by these professionals. As a result, the interest among researchers in the field in investigating the characteristics of this group of language professionals as well as the challenges that they have been facing in the world of second/foreign language teaching has increased.

Recommended Citation

Pereira da Silva, Lindsei, "Students’ Expectations and Attitudes towards Nonnative-English-Speaking Teachers in ESL and EFL Settings: Teachers’ and Students’ Own Perspectives" (2009). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10152.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10152