Teaching English Intensively by NESTs in the Saudi EFL Setting: Status and Implications

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION, SPECIAL

British Journal of Special Education Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.37745/bje.2013/vol11n121443

Khaloufah Al-Shehri

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Intensive EFL programs become the current mainstream in the Saudi educational system in most undergraduate tracks. They are aimed at compensating students’ previous lack of exposure to English. These programs are chiefly staffed by NESTs. The policy makers believe that native-English instruction is an ideal teaching model that can offer authentic English in the EFL classrooms. There is, however, a dearth of the conducted research studies that examine such a trend. This paper endeavors to assess NESTs’ teaching performance based on a list of teaching competencies at Jeddah's intensive English program. The data are qualitatively collected via an observation checklist of seven NESTs. The main findings reveal that NESTs significantly perform high in almost 60% of these competencies. Also, there are no significant differences between the median ranks of NESTs in all the teaching competencies according to these variables: nationality, experience and qualification. This paper recommends that the ideal EFL instruction requires NESTs to be aquatinted with a wide range of technical, contextual and cultural competencies along with their nativeness.

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沙特英语环境下的英语强化教学:现状与启示

强化英语课程成为当前沙特教育体系中大多数本科课程的主流。他们的目的是弥补学生以前接触英语的不足。这些项目主要由nest负责。决策者认为，母语教学是一种理想的教学模式，可以在英语课堂上提供地道的英语。然而，对这一趋势进行调查的研究却很少。本文试图根据吉达强化英语课程的教学能力列表来评估nest的教学绩效。数据是通过7个鸟巢的观察清单进行定性收集的。主要研究结果显示，nest在这些能力的近60%上表现优异。此外，在国籍、经验和资格这些变量中，教师在所有教学能力的中位数之间没有显著差异。本文认为，理想的英语教学要求英语学习者具备广泛的技术、语境和文化能力以及他们的母语能力。

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British Journal of Special Education EDUCATION, SPECIAL-

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期刊介绍： This well-established and respected journal covers the whole range of learning difficulties relating to children in mainstream and special schools. It is widely read by nasen members as well as other practitioners, administrators advisers, teacher educators and researchers in the UK and overseas. The British Journal of Special Education is concerned with a wide range of special educational needs, and covers all levels of education pre-school, school, and post-school.