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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Tassev, Valentin author Carlet, Angélica author Pujol Valls, Maria author 2025-11-03 This study explores the attitudes of 147 Thai undergraduate university students towards native English teachers (NETs) and non-native English teachers (NNETs) in various areas of English language instruction, namely: fluency, cultural knowledge, empathy, grammar, learning materials, classroom relationships, and motivation. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered through an online questionnaire. Findings have shown that participants remained neutral in all areas of language instruction except for fluency and cultural knowledge, whereby they exhibited preferences in favor of NETs. Moreover, the results revealed that the participants mostly referred to teachers’ personal pedagogical skills and knowledge, attributing to the quality of their teaching performance, which justified the participants’ choices in favor of neutrality. These findings suggest that all teachers should be evaluated based on their personal pedagogical skills and knowledge rather than on their first language(s) backgrounds and/or nationality. Moreover, the findings suggest that both groups of teachers should be given opportunities to enhance their teaching expertise by redirecting their attention towards the diverging and multifaceted roles that a teacher plays. Tassev, Valentin; Carlet, Angélica; Pujol Valls, Maria. Students’ Attitudes towards Native and Non-native English Teachers in the Thai EFL Tertiary Context. rEFLections. 2025, 32(3), páginas 1594-1610. Disponible en <https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reflections/article/view/285103>. Fecha de acceso: 13 ene. 2026. DOI: refl.v32i3.285103 2651-1479 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/5171 Native English teachers Non-native English teachers Thai EFL tertiary context Profesores de Inglés nativos Profesores de Inglés no nativos Contexto terciario de la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera en Tailandia Professors d'Inglés natius Professors d'Inglés no natius Context terciari de l'ensenyament de l'anglès com a llengua estrangera a Tailàndia Students’ Attitudes towards Native and Non-native English Teachers in the Thai EFL Tertiary Context