Effects of Turkish and English Speaking Teachers on Students’ Foreign Language Skills
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This research aims to investigate the effects of Turkish and English speaking teachers on
students’ academic achievement and English language speaking skills. For the present study, a
pretest-posttest control group design was utilized. Data were collected through an achievement
test, 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 carried
out to compare the pretest and posttest scores in the experimental and control group and the
improvement in students’ academic achievement and speaking performance. The results showed
that 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 speaking
teacher’s (NEST’s) students; however, the post-test speaking score between the students of the
NEST and non-NEST did not show a statistically significant difference.
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