MiszNe99 139 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 If you're from a country that English is the 2nd or 3rd language, do you agree with having foreign teachers to teach English at school? Why? I've never experienced having foreign teachers before so I need your thoughts on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Fructose Yoongi Syrup 7,149 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 If he/she is fluent in the mother tongue of the country he/she would be teaching in then yes. If not, it would be harder to communicate to those students that will be asking questions in their mother tongue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
�SHERRY� 5,081 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 whats wrong with having a foreign teacher? what matter most is their knowledge and proficiency in the language, where they came from doesnt matter. most english teachers in my country are locals but there are some foreigners too and nobody is complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiszNe99 139 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 whats wrong with having a foreign teacher? what matter most is their knowledge and proficiency in the language, where they came from doesnt matter. most english teachers in my country are locals but there are some foreigners too and nobody is complaining. Because some might just graduated from university and felt that teaching abroad is a good choice although they might lack experience and knowledge of handling students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☆*:｡Lemonade ｡:*☆ 3,433 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 They have to at least be fluent enough in the country's language because language barrier is gonna be an issue and it's hard teaching students English when you don't know the roots of their common mistakes Like in my language, we generally have trouble with prepositions in English because we usually only use one word for all prepositions. A foreign teacher might not know this and it might not be properly addressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiah.junsu 3,364 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 In my South East Asian country, foreign teachers almost exclusively teach in private school. So, language barrier between teacher and students is not a problem. In fact it is more preferable for parents to see white people teaching English, which is a shame. Some of these white people have lower qualifications than local teachers but they are prioritized based on their skin colour (which translates to their language proficiency in parents' eyes). But yea, back to the question. With state schools in mind, as long as they are qualified, can communicate with the students using their mother tongue, and willing to be treated like a local teacher (eg: paid like shit but expected to dedicate most of their time for the school), then why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azran 574 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I'm a qualified ESL teacher (with an alternate career) - there are definitely benefits from having a native English speaker doing the teaching, but you'd want them to have a proper teaching qualification (hence why I don't agree with schools who will take any native with any university degree). Just because you can speak a language, doesn't mean you can teach it. Look at all the native English speakers who don't know the difference between you're/your. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamoneitor 2,082 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 In my country, when we had English classes, they thought that having a native speaker would help us to improve our English. Thing is, the person wasn't even a teacher (therefore classes went downhill). To be an English teacher you not only need to know the language but how to handle students, you need methods and know how to actually teach... because they might know the language but do they know how to deliver the information? If the person that comes is proficient in English and is actually a teacher I don't have problems :-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorria 25 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 It's not a bad thing if they're good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungjins 676 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 honestly, a foreign teacher might be better in some way...like they've learnt the grammar rules and things that native English speakers might've just acquired naturally and forgotten about. however, what I've noticed with some of my foreign teachers, and it's understandable, is they don't always quite get the gist of colloquial English terms/phrases, I'm not talking hardcore slang but just things like English idioms etc. idk how much that is relevant anyway in teacher, but it's always good to learn English and communicate through both formal and informal contexts imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudetama 1,463 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I'm a qualified ESL teacher (with an alternate career) - there are definitely benefits from having a native English speaker doing the teaching, but you'd want them to have a proper teaching qualification (hence why I don't agree with schools who will take any native with any university degree). Just because you can speak a language, doesn't mean you can teach it. Look at all the native English speakers who don't know the difference between you're/your. It makes my blood boil whenever I see "your welcome" in a work email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azran 574 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 It makes my blood boil whenever I see "your welcome" in a work email Oh man, I feel you! That and their/they're/there, like....guys....it's really not that fucking difficult....you're a senior manager.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashâ„“ey^_^ 139 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 if they're good at both mother tongue (where they teach) and English, then why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurahanabira 6,634 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 If they havee a native fluent command or if they have studied abroad extensively in an English speaking country and received their English teaching degree from said country, then why not? Oh man, I feel you! That and their/they're/there, like....guys....it's really not that fucking difficult....you're a senior manager.... or misuse of apostrophes. Apostrophe misuse bother me more than people mixing up homophone words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyvelvet. 1,008 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 My English teacher from last year was from French Guyana and she really taught English well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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