Our aim in this study has been to answer the following question:
With whom do students and teachers believe one learns more: with native or nonnative teachers?
The results of the study portray that students do not evince a preference for native
teachers, whom they value as much as nonnative ones. However, the teachers in the sample are
slightly inclined towards native as opposed to nonnative teachers and acknowledge the advantages
the former have in the language teaching/learning process. The reasons adduced by both teachers
and students as regards this variable can be summarised as follows: