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1.Whatisthemainpurposeofthearticle?

MoussuandLlurdasmainpurposeforwritingthisarticlewastoaccumulateallofthecurrentresearch
completedinregardstothediverseissuesthatsurroundnonnativespeakingESLandEFLteachersintoasingle
format.Bycategorizingandexaminingthesevariousstudiesinonelocation,abetterunderstandingoftheneedto
forsakethenativespeaking(NEST)v.nonnativespeaking(NNEST)dichotomycanbediscoveredthroughthe
authorscomprehensiveandmethodicalanalysis.Thearticleworkstotouchuponalloftheissuessurrounding
foreignlanguageteachers,includingtherolelanguagehasintheESL/EFLclassroom,thevastlydifferent
pedagogicaltheoriesheldbyNESTsandNNESTs,andtheeducationaldiscussionconcerninghowtobestteacha
foreignlanguagetostudents.Whiletheauthorssignificantlyemphasizetheneedforadditionalresearchinvolving
theevidentdiscriminationofNNESTsinthelanguageteachingprofession,abalanceisestablishedinthearticleby
acknowledgingthecomplexconstructionofthecontrastingNESTidentityandrecognizingthatthebestmodelfor
languageteachingcanonlybefoundbycombiningthestrengthsofbothtypesofteachers.
2.Whatweretheauthors'underlyingassumptionsregardingtheNESTv.NNEST?
TheauthorsunderlyingassumptionsofNESTv.NNESTincorporatesanequalrecognitionofthestrengths
andweaknessesfoundintheteachingstylesandlinguisticproficienciesofeachteacher.NESTspresentthe
advantagesofhavinghighlanguageproficiency,possessingrareculturalknowledgegainedthroughinternational
exposure,andmaintainingtheabilitytobemoreacceptingofmistakesthatoccurintheclassroom.Theseskillsare
counterbalancedwiththedetrimentalweaknessofnotbeingabletorelatetothestudentsfirstlanguage,easily
causingdiscouragementandseparationintherelationshipbetweenstudentandteacher.However,NNESTshave
developedacrucialstrengthinthisareawiththeirabilitytoempathizewiththelanguagelearningprocessesstudents
areexperiencing.NNESTsalsohaveabetterknowledgeofthedifficultiesthatmayarisewhenstudyingaforeign
languageandcanadapttheirteachingstrategiestocombatthem.Intheclassroom,NNESTsselfperceptioncan
causeadeclineinlanguageteachingbecauseoftheirconstantfearofhowtheirstudentswilljudgeandperceive
them.ThisdisadvantagecanlowerconfidenceandevenleadtoabroadeningofthegapbetweenNNESTsandtheir
students.MoussuandLlurdaportrayanequalrepresentationofbothteachersinhopesofconveyinghowimportant
itisforeachteachertobeawareofoneanothersskills.Bydoingso,thebestexampleofwhatalanguageteacher
shouldbecanbeestablished.
3.Whatweretheirconclusions?
Toconcludethearticle,MoussuandLlurdastresstheimportanceofreconstructingtheperceptionofthe
relationshipbetweenNESTsandNNESTs.Bypairingtheteacherstogether,educatorsmaylearnhowtobest
improvetheteachingoflanguagesintheESL/EFLclassroom.Whenthestudentseducationalexperienceis
prioritizedoverthepedagogicalandlinguisticdisparitiesfoundbetweenNESTsandNNESTs,abetterlearning
environmentcanbeconstructedbyjoiningthedistinctcontributionsandviewpointsofbothteachers.
4.HowdoesthatrelatetoyourexperiencesherewithNESTvNNEST?
ThisarticlewasveryintriguingtoreadbecausetheconnectionbetweenNESTandNNESTwaspersonally
averyunfamiliartopic.TheexperiencesIvehadatKyunghwaGirlsHighSchoolhavemirroredseveralofthe
argumentspresentedbyMoussuandLlurda,myfirsthandobservationsandpersonalteachingsofclasseshave
revealedthecomplicationsofbeingaNESTinanEFLclassroom.Withanincreasedawarenessoftheappropriate
roleIshouldhaveasaforeignlanguageteacher,Imhopingtoexpandmypedagogicalskillsandcontinueto
developacollaborativeandopenmentality.

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