Non Native Speaking Teachers
As a teacher recruiter with many years of experience, (and I hire a lot of native speakers) my feelings are as follows: 1 Private language schools often make their USP revolve around having native speakers and it is a hard sell to change that. 2 Some of it is just simply a habit, a tradition. No more than that. 3 It IS getting better in that there is now more awareness of the benefits of using non native teachers, as mentioned in this post. Education and discussion is the key. 4 The EU legal framework has done a lot to fight the prejudice within Europe. 5 There is a need for an international standard for non native teacher training.
—ChristopherGraham
Non-native teachers offer a lot
I feel that, as a native speaker, non-native speakers have a lot to offer as teachers. They understand well the difficulties of learning the language and can fous on certain points that we native speakers miss, because to us it is 'obvious'. I live in Brazil and had to learn Portuguese to survive. Now, I teach translators at a school in Rio. Through this experience I have learnt a lot about my own language and that of others, and had time to appreciate the value that foreigners have to offer to my language and culture, thank you
—Stephen Dibley