How to Use Social Media to Get TEFL Jobs as a Non-Native Speaker Teacher
If you want to increase your chances of getting TEFL jobs as a non-native speaker teacher, you need to up your social media game. And this post will show you exactly how to do this.
How to Get a TEFL Job as a Non-Native Speaker in 2019
For a ‘non-native speaker’ teacher, trying to get a TEFL job might be a bit of a stressful and frustrating endeavour. Your ability to speak and teach the language is bound to be questioned. Your passport is likely to become your biggest liability. You will constantly come up against job ads for ‘native speakers’ only. […]
How to Reply to Job Ads for Native Speakers Only and Get a Job as a Non-Native Speaker
A few years back something happened that completely changed my career. At the time I was working for a very well-known language school chain; I applied for a job in another country within that same chain and was openly told that they wouldn’t hire me because I was a ‘non-native speaker’. Probably sounds familiar to […]
Seven Steps You Need to Follow to Get Hired as a Non-Native Speaker Teacher
Learn a simple repeatable process that will allow you to consistently get TEFL jobs as a ‘non-native speaker’.
How to highlight your strengths and get hired as a non-native speaker teacher
Over the years I have noticed that quite a lot of us ‘non-native speakers’ tend to at times lack faith in their own abilities. Have you ever: worried about having a foreign accent? been nervous about making language mistakes? thought that a ‘native speaker’ would surely be better able to teach students vocabulary? felt like […]
Three CV Tips You Must Follow to Get Hired as a Non-Native Speaker Teacher
I probably don’t need to tell you that getting a job as a ‘non-native speaker’ teacher can be tough. You’ve probably discovered that yourself by now. But I’m not here in this blog post to moan, complain or despair. To the contrary! I want to show you that it is not only possible, but in […]
How to get a job in Japan as a non-native speaker teacher following these three easy steps
You might have heard that Japan is a bit of a difficult market for ‘non-native speaker’ teachers. In fact, many of the jobs are explicitly advertised for ‘native speakers’ only. You shouldn’t get discouraged, though. Meet Nicholas… Nicholas Susatyo is originally from Indonesia, but he’s been working as an English teacher in Japan for several […]
Boost your confidence as a non-native speaker teacher with these two simple hacks (and get hired!)
In 2011, I applied for a job with a well-known language school in Lisbon. I had all the right qualifications, the right experience and skills. Or so I thought. What I didn’t realise at the time was that I didn’t have the right mother tongue. I wasn’t a ‘native speaker’. So I was politely turned down. […]
Understand and Untangle Native Speakerism to Get Hired as a Non-Native Speaker Teacher
Our usual first contact with native speakerism might be seeing countless ads for ‘native speakers’ only or for ‘native level’ teachers. As ‘non-native speakers’ we might also experience native speakerism when we get turned down for a job, because of our mother tongue (despite having all the right qualifications) Or when we hear that we […]
5 Top Tips to Get Hired in Prague as a Non-Native Speaker Teacher
Looking for jobs as a ‘non-native speaker’ teacher can be pretty depressing. I’m sure you’ve seen all these job ads for ‘native speakers’ only. But, despite this widespread preference for ‘native speakers’, some ‘non-native’ teachers have become incredibly successful. They have managed to overcome the initial bias against them and to succeed. What have they […]