Jezik, književnost i empatija (2025) (287-296. str.)
AUTOR(I) / AUTHOR(S):Ana Jović 
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DOI: 10.46793/LLE25.287J
SAŽETAK / ABSTRACT:
The concept of native speakerism has permeated English Language Teaching (ELT). This harmful ideology favors native teachers from the American and British cultures as the best models of the English language and teaching methodology. To investigate whether native teachers are truly the ideal teachers of English, several studies have examined the characteristics of native and non-native teachers. One of the characteristics that distinguishes native and non-native teachers is their empathy towards students. Non-native teachers are perceived as more empathetic to students than their native peers. We have conducted research that explores how native and non-native teachers perceive their teaching in terms of empathy and whether one group of teachers exhibits more empathy towards their students than the other. Native and non-native teachers responded to questions in an electronic survey, and the results showed that both sets of teachers perceived empathy similarly, with slight differences that are not related to their native or non-native status. We suggest that teachers’ empathy should be viewed as a quality that varies among individuals, regardless of their speakerhood.
KLJUČNE REČI / KEYWORDS:
native teachers, non-native teachers, empathetic, unempathetic, language teaching
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