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Originally Posted by Norwegian86
I see you point, but that dosent mean that I'm a bad english teacher when I get my degree? I dont know how it works in other countries, but in Norway we learn english (it's almost just as important as norwegian) from the first day we set foot in school until the very end. So I'm fluid. (Mabye some grammar errors)  And just because you are a native speaker, dosent make you a great english teacher. Does it?  Dont misunderstand me, im not being disrespectful, I just love a great discussion |
I also think that you are right - in theory.
However, English schools in Japan look for, hire, and advertise that they employ native English speakers. This is the industry wide standard. The appeal comes down to "with a real live native English speaker" - not their quality of teaching.
Even if you are an amazing and wonderful teacher, with perfect or virtually perfect English - you will never be considered a "native speaker" by the Japanese employers or the students. It would even be false advertising for a school to employ you as a teacher if they advertise "native speakers".
You could get lucky and find somewhere that is willing to look past this, but the chances are quite low.