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Thu 16-Feb-06, 05:36 PM
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| Administrator   Join Date: May 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: Teacher Location: 
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 | Teaching jobs for Filipinos Welcome to the community rtenorio! As you may have realised, it's quite difficult for non-native English speakers to land English teaching jobs overseas. However, don't give up all hope yet. What you need to do is carve yourself a nice niche. I would recommend looking for English teaching jobs in China, or alternatively, gain a teaching certificate in the Philippines to teach your native language. Then perhaps you can find work abroad teaching your native language. It wont be easy, but if you have the right set of skills, and motivation, anything is possible.
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Thu 16-Feb-06, 05:47 PM
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Thank you so much for your answer... Well I am a licensed teacher from the philippines, I am a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry graduate and also i earned Professional Education Certificate , I had my 6 months experience as a secondary school teacher. With these info I hope you can help me. | |
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Thu 16-Feb-06, 05:59 PM
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| Administrator Join Date: May 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: Teacher Location:
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| rtenorio, I suggest contacting some of the schools in China. I do know some of the ESL job ads don't require native English teachers for their posts.
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Fri 17-Feb-06, 03:15 AM
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| ESL Addict   Join Date: Aug 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: General Manager www.MilestoneGC.com Location: 
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| Searching in China Searching for jobs in China will be pretty difficult as they are really looking for a white face, however, some of the crash schools and other business English schools are more willing to look beyond skin color and are more willing to take into account actual ability. Not having a white face will be problematic, but as gfell said, don't give up. If it's something you really want to do, then you'll find something eventually. It's a matter of matching your specific abilities with the problems an employer is looking to solve. If you really want to teach English, I would be sure your English speaking level is fluent and considered "native level." If you have no accent, that will really work in your favor as well. It's kind of hard to say how you'll be treated on the job scene once you get into it. This much I know just from job advertisments and questions they ask a lot in China. They want someone from America, Australia, Canada, or Great Britain - and they want a white face. To overcome this your English ability had better be very excellent, and if it is, then you really need to get on the telephone and talk with them to let them hear you speak. If they can hear the sound of your voice and know you are qualified from any correspondence you have sent in, this can really help you work to overcome any bias a possible employer may have. Good Luck!
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Fri 17-Feb-06, 03:28 PM
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| Administrator Join Date: May 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: Teacher Location:
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| Almost impossible. You must try and think from the schools perspective. Why would a school hire you to teach science when they can use a local teacher? Furthermore, the schools would use the country's native language to teach such subjects. You really need to think what the school needs and find a way of filling that need.
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Sun 28-May-06, 11:08 AM
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Tue 23-Jan-07, 10:32 PM
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| ESL Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Occupation: copy editor Location:
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|  Re: asking help - non-native teacher hi! i'm glad to have found a thread that's a bit more related to my dilemma. i am planning to attend a TEFL certification course in china in 3 months' time. and although i have read a lot about the usual problems that many non-native english speakers face (re employers who mostly base their hiring decisions on skin color), i thought that having a tefl cert would somehow help. now, after hearing so much about the 'harsh realities' of the china/korea/japan esl market, i am almost ready to give up. i feel like-- we're already losing half the battle anyway, so why bother? please guys, can you at least a tell us of a good, reliable school out there that would give us non-natives a fighting chance? [erm, actually i am not a teacher by profession, but i am hoping to join a friend in china sometime in april. i thought i could support myself teaching while i'm over there.] any response would be greatly appreciated. thanks |
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