Chinese students' perceptions of native English-speaking teachers in EFL teaching

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-68

  Rao, Zhenhui ^a  

^a JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese students; EFL teaching; Perceptions of NES teachers; Strengths of NES teachers; Weaknesses of NES teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952862505     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630903301941     Document Type: Article

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