This study aims to find out the perceptions of both university preparatory class students and non-native English speaking instructors towards non-NESTs and NESTs. It has been carried out with 66 students studying in English preparatory classes at Süleyman Demirel University and 63 non-native English speaking instructors employed in eight different universities in Turkey. A five point Likert-type questionnaire has been employed as the data collection instrument. The questionnaire items selected

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... rom Çakır and Demir (2013) , Köksal (2006) and Moussu (2006) have been adapted to the context of the study. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis and Post Hoc tests have been employed in the analysis of the data. Findings have revealed NESTs are better at teaching pronunciation and speaking; however, grammar is taught better by non-NESTs. Furthermore, students give importance to use mother tongue as learning English becomes easier for them when non-NESTs make comparisons between English and Turkish in teaching.