Non-native English Speaker

Absolutely YES! Large numbers of non-native English speakers complete our TEFL courses each year and go on to have successful careers teaching English either in their home country or further afield. In order to successfully complete the course you will need to demonstrate a high standard of English, but it is certainly not a barrier that will stop you from becoming a fully qualified EFL teacher. In many cases being a non-native English speaker can actually be an advantage in the classroom as you have already been through the same experience that your students are currently facing. This can help to build a good rapport between the students and the teacher as they are often less afraid of making mistakes in this situation. It can also provide the students with a real incentive to succeed...  [Read more]

Many of the world's biggest and most lucrative markets for English language teachers are typically restricted to native English speakers only. Destinations such as Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, are all great options for native speakers but not for thousands of other qualified teachers whose first language is not English. But don't despair; there are still plenty of exciting destinations all over the world where non-native English speakers can confidently apply for teaching positions. In countries where restrictions on nationalities are in place, the term 'native English speaker' generally refers to teachers from the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Other countries where English may be the first language, such as India or the...  [Read more]

  In this video, Linda explains the difference between "then" and "than" two words often confused by native and non-native English speakers alike. "Than" is a conjunction used for comparisons, such as here: "Her car is faster than yours". "Then", on the other hand, is an adverb used to situate actions e.g. "I did my homework, then I had a nap?. As you can see, the usages of the two words is very different and cannot be used interchangeably. Keep their differences in mind and you'll not make any mistakes in the future. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAngzhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A first language is the mother tongue or native language of a person while a second language is a language a person learns in order to communicate with other speakers of that language. In other words, first language is the language we acquire in the very early stages of our life through the people we live with and other people around us. Thus, first language is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In today’s globalized world the knowledge of English is crucial to be able to communicate on an international level. Large parts of today’s communication take place in English, making it one of the most important languages of the world. Its simplicity in grammar, structure and vocabulary makes it relatively easy to learn and thus more suitable as a world...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suqian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. There are a lot of semplifications and assumptions about teaching a language, the first and most common being the conviction that a good language teacher should be a native speaker. First of all, what am I referring to when I use the term native or non-native speaker? When I say native speaker I speak about someone who has learned English as their first language, while...  [Read more]

TEFL or Teaching English as a Foreign Language refers to teaching English to students for whom it is not their mother tongue. TEFL can take place in English-speaking regions, for example in language schools or summer camps or before the start of a university degree, but usually occurs in the student´s own country. There, TEFL can be either within the state school system, or private, either in an after-hours language school or with a one-on-one tutor. The teachers may be native or non-native speakers of English. (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Taking a TEFL course as a non-native English speaker was a great experience, with a wild awakening. Life has a way of bringing surprises, not bad or good, they become what you make them to be, and the outcome depends on how you...  [Read more]

TEFL or Teaching English as a Foreign Language refers to teaching English to students for whom it is not their mother tongue. TEFL can take place in English-speaking regions, for example in language schools or summer camps or before the start of a university degree, but usually occurs in the student´s own country. There, TEFL can be either within the state school system, or private, either in an after-hours language school or with a one-on-one tutor. The teachers may be native or non-native speakers of English. (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)Taking a TEFL course as a non-native English speaker was a great experience, with a wild awakening. Life has a way of bringing surprises, not bad or good, they become what you make them to be, and the outcome depends on how you embrace them. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JiAngkou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I have chosen this topic as I am not a native English speaker myself, and before getting into the course I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea for the debate there is between native vs non-native English teachers, and for future jobs opportunities. I have been looking for a teaching opportunity for a few months and all the adverts say "native speakers only”. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LiangyAping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huaihua Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Are you a near native English speaker and looking for an English teaching job in East Asia? Beware of the very requirement you will face in countless job ads which can even put you off from applying for any TEFL jobs. I am quite confident that you can guess what that requirement is. Being an English native speaker! According to my personal experience in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChenqibAyankuren Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hulunbei'er Shi — Hulunbuir? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The first question you may face when you apply for an ESL teaching job in Asian countries nowadays is “Are you a native speaker?” This is the most important information about you in countries such as China, Korea, Japan, etc… Why is that? Because people and employers in such countries believe that native speakers are much more better...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GuangfA Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As a Spaniard in love with languages, I can’t start this essay without saying anything other than, "it’s not who the teacher is, but the will of teaching that they have". Through all these years learning English, I just know for sure that a learner actually learns more when they live in and with the language throughout each day. They need to become hooked to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MoerdaogA Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hulunbei'er Shi — Hulunbuir? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In the era of globalisation, it is almost essential to be able to understand and speak English. With this comes a high need for teachers teaching English as a foreign language. Especially in non-English speaking countries TEFL teachers are in high demand to teach English to people working in tourism, seeking job opportunities abroad or students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Moudao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Why is it so easy to acquire our first language, yet such a struggle to master a second? I think the mindset we have when learning a second language is part of what makes acquisition difficult. We have a cultural concept that learning a 2nd language is hard and speaking like a native is nearly impossible. Native speakers, on the other hand, never...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hefeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanjing Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. (TEFL FOR NON NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS) Discrimination is obviously one of the biggest underlying fear in job hunting for non-native speaking teachers in the world of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. We mostly observed that the majority of job postings available online says “native-English speaker only or preferred native-English speaker”. Because...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YaogangxiAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Nowadays there is definitely an increasing tendency of hiring more and more native English speakers as ESL or EFL teachers. Being a native English speaker and belonging to a certain number of English speaking countries is a required qualification for teachers or graduates who want to work abroad, especially. Of course, nobody can contest that a person who is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hetang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching English as a foreign language can be an intimidating task, especially for non-native English speaking teachers. This is true for many of my coworkers who are homeroom teachers at elementary schools in Japan. English has recently became a formal subject in elementary schools here and many homeroom teachers are intimidated by the sudden responsibility to teach a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yudian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhumadian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In the current era, it is of no surprise that countries become more and more eager to let their people especially the workforce to gain literacy in English. This is because the use of the English language in communication is becoming widely spread due to globalization. Countries such Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates,...  [Read more]

I would like to briefly consider the complexity of a non ' native English teacher in contrast to a native English teacher. My curiosity in this area has stemmed from participating on a TEFL course as a native English speaker. The diversity of students resulted in the course consisting of several students where English is their second language. It also highlighted the immense difference between 'American English' and 'British English'. The initial perception the non ' native English speakers generally voiced, was that the 'natives' had a head start. The more this was unravelled the benefits soon became a rather grey area.'A non- native teacher is a learner for life' Malgorzata Swwaj,English Unlimited, Poland. 1999The fine line that can potentially exist when teaching English to advanced...  [Read more]

I would like to briefly consider the complexity of a non ? native English teacher in contrast to a native English teacher. My curiosity in this area has stemmed from participating on a TEFL course as a native English speaker. The diversity of students resulted in the course consisting of several students where English is their second language. It also highlighted the immense difference between ?American English? and ?British English?. The initial perception the non ? native English speakers generally voiced, was that the ?natives? had a head start. The more this was unravelled the benefits soon became a rather grey area. ?A non- native teacher is a learner for life? Malgorzata Swwaj,English Unlimited, Poland. 1999 The fine line that can potentially exist when teaching English to advanced...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Malichang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizho? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Hello everyone. My name is Mahmoud Abdallah, I am 28 years old Egyptian man. I have 3 older brothers and 3 older sisters, I am the youngest in our family. They are all married with kids. My brothers and sisters have 11 kids and I helped in raising them and I love each and every one of them. I studied everything since I was a young boy in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangluo KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuhan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. ONLINE OR ON-SITE TEFL/ TESOL CERTIFICATE , WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU GET ? TEFL/TESOL stands for Teaching English as a foreign language, whether you are a native speaker which means you are born in an English-speaking country or a non-native speaker which means you are not, you can get a TEFL certificate in order to be a certified English teacher. It's a certificate...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuishAngang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As a Belgian born citizen, I was brought up with different languages. Belgium is officially a trilingual country: French, Dutch, and German are all official languages. Dutch being my mother tongue, I have been learning French since primary school. Later, in high school, German and English were added to my curriculum and in college I extended my language skills by...  [Read more]

While teaching English abroad you are unlikely to face any type of discrimination from fellow teachers as most are like-minded people who are easy-going and accepting of the world in all its diversity. However, it can be a different story when it comes to employers. In some parts of the world, including some of the most popular teaching destinations, traditional, conservative views and opinions are still commonplace and this can lead to some uncomfortable situations. Many people still have the mistaken belief that all you need to teach English is to be a native English speaker and those that aren’t will never be as good at it. However, this view on teaching couldn’t be more wrong. To be an effective TEFL teacher you need to have a solid understanding of the workings of the language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in CuijiAqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changde Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The status of English as a global language or lingua-franca owes to a number of diverse factors. As the world has become increasingly globalised, the demand for learning and teaching English has increased drastically, and still continues to grow. People from all over the world come to seek opportunities in education in the EFL/ESL industry. In this essay, I will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Biancheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yingkou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Pronunciation is tricky. All native english speakers have a different form of pronunciation based on accents and dialects of the english language. This unit helped to understand that one can use the phonemic alphabet to help better bring understanding to those that have trouble with the words and how they are written. For instance, Word is not spelled the way it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zaoshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changde Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Learning grammar is, suffice it to say, one of the most important points to focus on. Equally, for foreign students, they need to know not just about vocabulary but how and why vocabulary “hangs” in a certain way within a sentence. In my own teaching experience grammar has been difficult from the standpoint of getting the student to agree with the fact that it is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Anlu KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiaogan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The English language is complex, but it becomes even more so when we consider the differences in formality. In most classrooms for second language learners, the ‘formal’ version of English is taught. This is important so that students learn the grammar and vocabulary necessary for proper speaking and writing skills. However, the use of ‘informal’ language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YAodian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It is important to be able to distinguish the different forms of present tense in English. Knowing their appropriate forms and common errors that non-English speakers make will help me to be prepared for providing good feedback to those in my classes. There are four basic present tense forms: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mazhonghe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tieling Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This has been the most useful unit thus far. As a native speaker of English, I don’t have to think about pronunciation. It was beneficial to have a unit that taught the phonetic alphabet. The phonetic alphabet is a useful way to teach non-native speakers how to properly pronounce English words. It was also good to learn about the different teaching techniques...  [Read more]