STUDENTS’ VIEWS TOWARD NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ENGLISH
SPEAKER TEACHERS :
A SMALL – SCALE STUDY IN SMP N 1 SALATIGA
Kristin Natalina Nugraha Bakti
ABSTRACT
Abstract
The study was conducted to investigate students’ views toward Native English Speaker Teachers
(NESTs) and Non-Native English Speaker Teachers (Non-NESTs). The participants were a
hundred students of third grade of SMP N 1 Salatiga. This study used quantitative research using
a questionnaire. The result of this study is summarized in four findings. The first finding showed
that the majority of the participants defined NESTs as people from English speaking countries
who use English as their mother tongue, first language or main language. The second finding, all
participants defined non-NESTs as those from non-English speaking countries which referred to
bilingual users of English. The third finding showed that most participants preferred Non-NESTs
in teaching and learning English. The main reasons for preferring Non-NESTs were because
Non-NESTs serve imitable models of the successful learner of English, teach learning strategies
more effectively, and benefit from sharing the learners' mother tongue. The last finding showed
that the participants preferred NESTs as the role model in speaking skill because NESTs serves a
good model of English pronunciation. This study was worth conducting to give ideas about the
demand of students in expanding circle countries that were represented by Junior High School
students in Indonesia.
