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TATAR, Sibel. Employment of English Language Teachers in an EFL Context: Perspectives From School Administrators. profile [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.2, pp.45-61. ISSN 1657-0790.  https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v21n2.72648.

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.

Palabras clave : Expatriate teacher; hiring criteria; native-speaker-English-teacher; native-speakerness; nonnative-speaker-English-teacher.

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