Monday, October 29, 2012

Research Progress for Final Paper


            For my final paper I’m going to discuss native-speaking language teachers (NSTs) versus non-native speaking language teachers (NNSTs).MY two research questions are: What do both types of teachers bring to the table (the benefits of NSTs and NNSTs)? What do students say about NSTs and NNSTs and who do they prefer? I integrated your feedback by trying to look for sources for the rationale part of my topic (ownership of language, identity). I also looked up articles by two of the names of authors you gave me who have done research on this topic (Peter Medgyes and Lucie Moussu). I looked for the article that you suggested by Medgyes called “Native or Non-Native: Who’s Worth More?,” but there’s no full text on the Milner library databases. Is there another way I can find that article? I also found a couple books by him about non-native speakers (When the Teacher is a Non-Native Speaker and The Non-Native Speaker) but I haven’t got them from the library yet. From what I’ve seen, there’s so much research and articles on this topic. So since this is a paper we’re going to have a literature review section, the rationale, and what else?

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