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Abstract

Millennium development requires schools to prepare their students to have proper English skills. It makes some schools hire native speaker as the expert of English. However, it is known that not all native speaker can teach English. They may be an expert in using English, yet not the expert of teaching English because the lack of professional competences. In this case, it is needed to investigate the native teacher professional competences based on the students’ view, since the students were the people who experienced to be taught by the native teacher. In this study, it was found that the native teacher seemed to be more suitable for teaching the higher achiever students since they could follow the native teacher’s explanations and instructions. Meanwhile, for the lower achiever students, being taught by the native teacher was challenging. This study aimed to investigate the professional competences of a native teacher as viewed by the students.

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