Open AccessNATIVE VS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHERS
Author(s) -
Masrizal Masrizal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jurnal ilmiah didaktika/jurnal ilmiah didaktika : media ilmiah pendidikan dan pengajaran
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2355-6129
pISSN - 1411-612X
DOI - 10.22373/jid.v13i2.473
Subject(s) - first language , stereotype (uml) , foreign language , mathematics education , linguistics , order (exchange) , english language , psychology , pedagogy , computer science , social psychology , philosophy , finance , economics
Although the majority of English language teachers worldwide are non-native English speakers (NNS), no research was conducted on these teachers until recently. A pioneer research by Peter Medgyes in 1994 took quite a long time until the other researchers found their interests in this issue. There is a widespread stereotype that a native speaker (NS) is by nature the best person to teach his/her foreign language. In regard to this assumption, we then see a very limited room and opportunities for a non native teacher to teach language that is not his/hers. The aim of this article is to analyze the differences among these teachers in order to prove that non-native teachers have equal advantages that should be taken into account. The writer expects that the result of this short article could be a valuable input to the area of teaching English as a foreign language in Indonesia.