Students’ Perception toward Teaching Strategies of Native and Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers: A Case Study in Indonesia

Table 5

Students’ responses toward their perception.

No.	Statements	Responses
1.	Explains the lessons clearly	NESTs explain more clearly because they use English language more fluency.
2.	Prepares for independent learning better	NESTs prepare students more in independent learning because it is their culture.
3.	Encourages me to learn to speak English better	NESTs are accustomed to use English and always encourage them to use English.
4.	Corrects errors consistently	NESTs correct more because they know the language better.
5.	Relies heavily on course book	NNESTs want to finish the course book soon.
6.	Applies pair work in class regularly	NNESTs rarely use pair work. They explain and talk much.
7.	Applies group work in class regularly	NESTs often conduct the lesson using games, and the games are running in a group
8.	Explains difficult concepts well	Because English is their language, NEST could explain better.
9.	Focuses on speaking skills	NESTs ask many things such as daily activities, favorite food, where we live, and routines.
10.	Believes that translation is important	Both teachers are quite seldom in doing translation because both teachers are focused on the students understanding.
11.	Uses Indonesian to clarify unfamiliar terms	Both use Indonesian to explain difficult terms, but NNESTs use more Indonesian.
12.	Is happy to improvise	NESTs use games in her teaching. The games were always new and were never repeated. They can add real-life experiences.
13.	Interested in learner’s opinion	NESTs give more appreciation. Although we often made mistake they still give an appreciation.
14.	Speaks most of the time during lesson	NNESTs talk more probably because they know more the concepts and the materials.
15.	Uses innovative teaching strategies	NESTs created new games, songs and told a funny story so that the students did not feel bored.
16.	Puts more emphasis on grammar rules	NESTs have natural stronger linguistic background, but never talk about grammar.
17.	Sticks more rigidly to lesson plan	NESTs know more about curriculum, in making lesson plan, than NNESTs.
18.	Gives motivation to the students	Both give motivation but the way they give motivation is different.
19.	Applies game for ice breaking	NESTs are more creative in applying new games in class. And in every meetings’ they always have new games.
20.	Is the ideal example of an English teacher	Because native teacher is more patient, always explains in with clear expression, is easy to improvise in every meeting, easy to be adaptable with the students as we know that she has different culture, comes from different country and language also. She is also more kind as she always gives us appreciation in every our opinion.