The findings of this study show that there are perceived differences in the teaching behaviour of LETs and NETs in terms of classroom atmosphere, attitudes towards classroom discipline, examination preparation, teaching approaches, teaching objectives, error correction and marking. The image of LETs in most students’ minds is that they are strict and they are serious during the lessons. They may switch to L1 when explaining difficult vocabulary, concepts, and grammar rules. They tend to rely heavily on textbooks in their teaching, and this is considered to be boring and dull by participants. The image of NETs in most students’ minds is that they are more relaxed with disciplinary issues and they create an interesting and relaxed classroom atmosphere. They use English in lessons all the time and adopt an activity-based teaching approach by using a lot of language games and activities. On the whole, the teaching behaviours of LETs and NETs are regarded by their students as considerably different. It is noteworthy that there is some discrepancy between participants in their perceptions about classroom atmosphere. Consistent with previous findings, most