Abstract
The objectives of this paper are first to investigate how students perceive the relatively new concept “World Englishes” and second to find out whether they prefer native English teachers or non-native local English teachers. A questionnaire survey was conducted on two different groups. One group consists of students of a 2-year college who have never taken a course on World Englishes, thus are not familiar with the new concept. The other consists of students of a 4-year university who have taken a course on World Englishes. The former group shows a stronger preference towards British English or American English while the other group shows a relatively less preference towards the so-called Standard English. The difference between the two groups can be attributed to the formal lectures on World Englishes given to the group of 4-year university students. However, in terms of their preferences towards teachers, the result is reversed. Their preference and choice of teachers may depend on the levels of English proficiency. The 2-year college students with lower English proficiency prefer non-native teachers even without taking the course while the 4-year college students with higher English proficiency still prefer native teachers even after the course.
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