【Abstract】The Nonnative English Speaking Teachers （NNETs） Scheme has been in place for over 20 years in the colleges in China and yet Native English Speaking Teachers （NETs） have appeared in the colleges in recent years. In such a condition， this article reports a comparative study of NETs’ and NNETs’ interaction in college English class from the students’ perspective. Data were collected from two postgraduate classes who were both taught by the NET and the NNET in Tianjin Foreign Studies University in China with the methods of interviews. Results showed that the NET’s interaction makes the students more active and relaxed in the class.
　　【Key words】NETs； NNETs； Interaction
　　I. Introduction
　　In English teaching， both NETs and NNETs play an important role. In recent years， the number of NNET is steadily increasing. In order to know more about the advantages and disadvantages of these two kinds of teachers. This study explored the advantages and disadvantages of the NETs’ and NNETs’ interactions in the English class in order to enhance the teachers’ ability to interact with the students. In that way， it could help the teacher to make a good effect of the in-class content which means the students could take in the content the teachers convey to them better. Meanwhile it will contribute to the domain of the studies about the comparative of the NETs and the NNETs. The research question is what the advantages and disadvantages of the NETs’ and of the NNETs’ interaction in English class.
　　II. Related research
　　A “native speaker” refers to “a person who has spoken a certain language since his or her early childhood” （Christophersen