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- Title
Employment of English Language Teachers in an EFL Context: Perspectives From School Administrators.
- Authors
Tatar, Sibel
- Abstract
This paper presents a study on the employment criteria used by school administrators and their views on the strengths and weaknesses of local teachers and expatriate teachers. This study aimed to provide a perspective on the issue from an English as a foreign language context. Questionnaires collected from administrators of 94 private primary and high schools in Istanbul were analyzed. Although being a native speaker of English ranked seventh out of the eight criteria, the presence of expatriate teachers in a school was considered important. In addition, participants from schools that employed both expatriate and local teachers attributed more importance to the native-speakerness criterion. Finally, administrators found local teachers more knowledgeable in teaching methods, whereas expatriate teachers were perceived as better in language use.
- Subjects
TURKEY; ENGLISH teachers; EMPLOYMENT of teachers; ENGLISH as a foreign language; ENGLISH language education; TEACHERS; NON-English speaking people
- Publication
Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2019, Vol 21, Issue 2, p45
- ISSN
1657-0790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15446/profile.v21n2.72648