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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Has the hiring of non-native speakers finally catch up to the institutions that were hiring them?
Before a year ago hardly any of the schools required you to show your passport. A lot of the places just wanted a demo and a face to face interview. With the number of complaints online from different forums I wonder if it finally caught up to institutions that were originally hiring non-native speakers. I always thought that the students would find out eventually, especially if a school says they will learn from a native speaker from an English speaking country. I have recently found out that nearly all schools at least in Beijing require you to bring your passport.
12 years 17 weeks ago in Business & Jobs - Beijing
Have a native speaker check the grammar of your question and you will have your answer.
rephrase please.
HugAPanda:
lmao! Damn... the thumb down trolls are out. I just posted this like... 20 secs ago. Idiots.
Nothing better to do at 11 am on a Wednesday?
Mattiya, why is it, every time a thread involves you, all the posts not by you have the exact same number of thumbs down, but your posts have n-1 thumbs up?
Also, why do certain other posters have the exact same idiosyncratic English as you?
Anyway, all schools in China hire non-native English teachers. They are Chinese ones and the students usually trust their English over the native speakers for usually racist reasons. Thus Chinglish makes China the laughing stock of the world.
Anyway, I'd rather work with a Philipino or a Scandanavian. They're not native speakers but their English is usually scores better than the Chinese teachers. And they're easier to get along with, more cooperative, etc.
mattaya:
that's cool that's your opinion. The question is why do institutions now want to see your passport. For obvious reasons: 1 it was not like this 1 year ago, 2 i'm trying to find out why it is like this. 3. if a philipino or scandanavian can teach you better that's up to you. Peace!
mattaya:
You spelled my name incorrectly, Mattaya not Mattiya, also the word "is" can be dropped from the last sentence in your rant.
HugAPanda:
oh Michael Thomas, it's funny you're correcting someone else's English. Give it up dude.
kchur:
Comparative sentences in English need a verb, Mattiya. I think you may be confused because "比“ seems to function as a verb in certain constructions, but its English analogue does not. Also, you should have put "is" in quotation marks.
kchur:
Oh, I see, you thought that "scores" was a verb in that sentence, as you didn't recognize the extremely common English language idiom "scores better". hahahaha
Shining_brow:
Ohhh.... I get it now!! I was wondering "What 'is' in that last sentence....", but now it all makes sense!! Mattaya was a dick! Got it! Btw, on your original point, Kchur, I noticed the other day M used "bro" at the end of a sentence... merely days after someone suggested it :p Funny that!!!
Well, some of the crappier instutions may be upping their anty for several reasons. Stricter laws may be a part of it. It may also be that they know there's a lot of qualified foreigners out there, so they think they can get better. The good jobs have always required a passport and proper credentials, since they hire the legal way. Are you looking for another crap job and keep getting denied? Honestly, I don't know if I'm replying correctly because I can't really understand your question. Can you please rephrase that?
In my opinion the answer is quite simple. Now China, especially Beijing, is plenty of expats, from the usual third world countries but now also from USA, England, etc., who where pushed here by the current shit economical and social situation in their once prosperous lands. Facing the collapse of the old American or European dream, those expats are taking their chances with the “Chinese Dream”, however, they are also overwhelming the job availability. The schools in China are just taking advantage of this situation and choosing the new and enlarged supply of English native speakers which now also include a lot of “pretty” teachers with Caucasian looks. Of course, this situation is also pressuring the Chinese authorities to make more strict their job and immigration policies.
profenieto, well said.
Schools also need to make sure you have a visa.
Before a teacher gets hired because of his/her teaching experiences. Now you have to show your teaching credentials & passport with a Caucasian features.
I am Asian American with US teaching Credentials in Single & Multiple subjects. I still find it difficult to find a teaching job if the interviewer is Chinese or a Chinese Principal. But if the interviewer is a foreigner or a foreign Principal, I always get the job.
I guess most Chinese dont believe that Education should be above prejudice.
nzteacher80:
I wouldn't hire you. That post has grammatical mistakes and random capitilsation. You also just revived a 2 year old question.