Deskilling of the English Teacher
Often I've heard comments from current English teachers that if they were to return to their own country, then it would be very hard to find work. These English teachers have been abroad for considerable years, hence their once previous skills in whatever they studied at Uni are no longer up to scratch.
Have they taught English for too long? Sure they can do a great job at teaching, but what if they return home and look for a non-English teaching job?
An IT guru I met recently has the same problem. He was programming in Sydney for 4 years, then decided to teach for a while in Japan. Well, 5 years later, he's still in Japan teaching. He would love to go back to Oz, but doesn't wanna start at the bottom of the food chain again. Perhaps he should have only taught for 1 year in Japan...
Who knows...
