Asian Journal of Information Management1819-334x2152-3479Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/ajim.2012.16.24FardHossein Ali Majlesi NambiarMohana K. AlamGazi Mahabubul RabbyTalukder Golam FardAzam Majlesi 1201261In the history of foreign language teaching, the issue of native speaking English teachers (NSETs) and Non-native Speaking English Teachers (NNSETs) has been concerned by the stakeholders-learners, parents and experts. Sometimes learners prefer Native Speakers (NS) of the target language as teachers. In addition, because of significant role played to be successful, parents are convinced that their children should learn English as an international language. Insufficiency of ideal English teachers is a contemporary debate. To investigate whether types of teachers (native or otherwise) have any effect on the students performance, the present study compares the development of oral skills in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in two groups of beginning Iranian EFL learners taught by NS and NNS (non-native speaker) teachers. Results show that performance on oral skill measures is concerned, the groups taught by the NS teachers outperformed those taught by their NNS counterparts. Although, there might be some other invisible factors for such a state of affair, it seems that teaching qualification of Iranian English teachers need further considerations.]]>Arva, V. and P. Medgyes,200028355372Asher, J.J.,1977Carless, D.,200631219233Celik, S.,200614371376Cook, V.,199933185209Creswell, J.W.,20083rd Edn.,Pages: 670Pages: 670Crystal, D.,20032nd Edn.,Pages: 212Pages: 212Davy, K.,20002nd Edn.,Derivry-Plard, M.,20052005Graddol, D.,20062006Herrera, M. and T. Zanatta,20012001Krashen, S.D. and T.D. Terrel,1983Krashen, S.,200412129Kramsch, C.,1997112359369Llurda, E.,20052005pp: 131-145pp: 131-145Liu, J.,19993385102Maftoon, P., M.Y. Moghaddam, H. Gholebostan and S.R. Beh-Afarin,20102010Medgyes, P.,199246340349Medgyes, P.,1994Moussu, L.,20062006Nayar, P.B.,19941994Richards, J.C. and T.S. Rodgers,1990Seidlhofer, B.,199918233245Widdowson, H.,197711120