tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18471816.post114841427592942525..comments2023-11-03T07:08:45.266-05:00Comments on Becoming a Better EFL Teacher: Do EFL English Schools Really Need Native English Speaking Teachers?Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905387659810303577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18471816.post-66234706075802311562008-03-25T14:06:00.000-05:002008-03-25T14:06:00.000-05:00I'm an English teacher from Venezuela and I can te...I'm an English teacher from Venezuela and I can tell you that I have found that same "discrimination" you speak about. I think that if you ask students what they want, they would certainly say that they don't want "an American, Canadian, Jamaican, Trinidarian, South african,Irish, Scottish, British or Australian". Why? someone would ask, and their answer would be: "They have weird accents". On an international level, hiring native English EFL or ESL teachers is counterproductive because they precisely they have differentm accents that confuse students, but non-natives have little or no accent which makes them perfect for jobs in schools and corporationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18471816.post-8113221188655559622007-06-20T13:06:00.000-05:002007-06-20T13:06:00.000-05:00So is there really any hope for non.native speaker...So is there really any hope for non.native speakers to teach English? Could anyone provide some link on this matter? Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156227952768798182noreply@blogger.com