I want to teach English in Japan in the future and one of the requirements is that you must be a native speaker... The thing is, I am from the Philippines (I now live in the USA) and received my first 12 years of education back there and I am currently in college here in the USA. The Philippines is not considered an English speaking country (at least in the "native language" point of view)... Our official languages are Tagalog and English and I have been educated in English my whole life. The funny thing is, all my classes back then were taught in English except for the Filipino language class and I was raised in an English speaking household so I consider myself a native speaker! So will my coming from and being educated in the Philippines stop me from getting a teaching position after I graduate from college? Thanks!
2006-07-16 20:44:40 · 5 answers · asked by Arashikitty 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Your nationality shouldn't preclude you from being a 'native' speaker. It just means that English should be your first language. You will have school certificates and so on showing your qualifications and evidence of the language in which you were taught. You should start investigating this as soon as possible, since the paperwork process to gain reciprocal teaching accreditation can be quite long and convoluted.
Here are some official sites that you can explore to find out more:
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=teaching+english+in+japan+site%3Agov&meta=
Since different organizations have different 'requirements' I would also recommend that you contact the organization you are hoping to set up your teaching work with to see what documentation they require.
Good luck!
2006-07-16 20:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by mel 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
In many language schools in Japan the requirement it that you have had 12 years education IN English, not that you come from an "English speaking country". If you can prove that your first 12 years of education was in English - then you will have no problem.
2006-07-16 21:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by chocolette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually requirement id "native level" english speaker which you had. Not strictly from "native speaker". so it might not be a problem. but still there are some people thay look at the nationality .forget about it as you cannot do anything on that . Mention in your "resume" that you have native level english speaking ability.
2006-07-17 01:19:53 · answer #3 · answered by tough_guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it wont stop u only if ur english is very good
the main purpose of this rule is that only those people are considered whose english is as good as the native speaker
if ur english is as good as the native speaker i.e. u have an american accent and ur grammar and vocabulary is as good as the amercians then u r hired!!!!!
but if ur english isnt good then u have to make it good enough so that u can be considered a native speaker
so dont worry u will get the job because japan is really short of good english teachers!!!!!
2006-07-16 20:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-08 00:23:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋