Effects of Turkish and English Speaking Teachers on Students’ Foreign Language Skills

Anadili İngilizce Olan Ve Olmayan İngilizce Öğretmenlerinin Öğrencilerin Yabancı Dil Becerilerine Etkileri

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the effects of Turkish and English speaking teachers onstudents’ academic achievement and English language speaking skills. For the present study, apretest-posttest control group design was utilized. Data were collected through an achievementtest, speaking test materials and a speaking test assessment criterion. Paired samples t-test,independent samples t-test, Wilcoxon signed-ranks test and Mann Whitney U test were carriedout to compare the pretest and posttest scores in the experimental and control group and theimprovement in students’ academic achievement and speaking performance. The results showedthat there was a statistically significant higher academic achievement in the post-test of non-native English speaking teacher’s (non-NEST’s) students compared to native English speakingteacher’s (NEST’s) students; however, the post-test speaking score between the students of theNEST and non-NEST did not show a statistically significant difference.

Özet

Bu çalışma anadili İngilizce olan İngilizce öğretmenleri ile anadili İngilizce olmayan

Keywords: Anadili İngilizce olan İngilizce öğretmeni, anadili İngilizce olmayan İngilizce öğretmeni, akademik başarı, konuşma becerileri.