Educators and students perceptions about Ecuadorian NEST knowledge and quality in terms of effective teaching
EFL has become necessary in all areas of education over the last decade in Ecuador. There has been a widespread push for changes in the level of knowledge and quality of EFL teacher effectiveness throughout the educational system. This paper aims to look at what perceptions current EFL participant...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12847/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12847/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12847/1/18354-59960-1-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | EFL has become necessary in all areas of education over the last decade in Ecuador. There has been a
widespread push for changes in the level of knowledge and quality of EFL teacher effectiveness throughout the
educational system. This paper aims to look at what perceptions current EFL participants have about the
Ecuadorian NNEST and if they have the necessary linguistic awareness, language skills and teaching qualities
to teach EFL effectively. The data for this investigation includes 89 student questionnaires and 30 teacher
interviews based on their perceptions. The findings illustrated how students at lower levels tend to be more
comfortable with teachers who use primarily the first language (L1) and have effective teaching qualities, while
upper intermediate students tended to choose NESTs, because they needed proficiency skills such as language
fluency and high levels of oral communication to be examples in class. The study goes onto demonstrate how
many Ecuadorian NNESTs cannot speak, understand, communicate or pronounce English fluently at higher
levels since many did not have teachers who possessed these qualities. This phenomenon creates the perception
that a native speaker will have better fluency, pronunciation and overall better proficiency than an Ecuadorian
NNEST. These results show it is necessary for these teachers to increase their English proficiency to be
effective teachers in the future and change the perception that native speakers have higher levels of English in
Ecuador. |
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