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Tazz
Joined: 26 Sep 2013 Posts: 512 Location: Jakarta
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:31 am Post subject: |
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Why do you think the MOM interior colleges are full of people from the sub-continent and eastern europe -who teach English in the foundation programmes-cos they cannot work anywhere else in the Gulf. |
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veiledsentiments

Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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rustyrockets wrote: |
I heard Saudi it's only giving visas for tefl to native speakers but I'm not sure if this is true. I should ask in the KSA forum. |
Not true... nearly all of the Gulf schools and universities have non-native speakers teaching EFL. They are mostly sub-continentals and "other Arabs." Every university that I taught in... in the UAE, Kuwait, and Oman had them. I hear from friends who have been there for many years, that those numbers have increased in the last 20 years. Mainly because they will take less money. As the pay packages have deteriorated over the years, their numbers have increased.
That said, I only encountered a few Europeans and none from South America.
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balqis
Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 373
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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In both places I have worked at in Oman, there were South American teachers. I met them also in Kuwait and KSA. Not many, just single individuals, yet they worked there. Countries? Chile - on a number of occasions - Belize, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and two more countries, but now I remember only the faces and their names, but countries I forgot.
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rustyrockets
Joined: 06 Sep 2015 Posts: 78 Location: Thinking about it...
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:51 am Post subject: |
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BTW I think the deal breaker here is definitely the years of experience, I realized that unless you accumulate 3 years of experience of TEFL full time, they wont even consider you. Every job I've seen in Oman has this requirements alongside the native speaker status which have made every single job there inaccessible to me... |
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EFL Educator
Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 988 Location: Cape Town
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Try for an EFL teaching job in IBRI....they will hire almost anyone there who is qualified to teach...and the Oh Man I spirits will guide you to your destination....possibly the COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY....near the Ibri Hotel waterhole...where they hire mostly non-native speakers to teach English!  |
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nomad soul

Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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EFL Educator wrote: |
Try for an EFL teaching job in IBRI....they will hire almost anyone there who is qualified to teach... COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY....near the Ibri Hotel waterhole...where they hire mostly non-native speakers to teach English! |
However, the OP lacks even the minimum quals to teach at the CoT.
She was presented with options on how to increase her employability. Her choice to make if she's serious about teaching in Oman. |
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rustyrockets
Joined: 06 Sep 2015 Posts: 78 Location: Thinking about it...
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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nomad soul wrote: |
EFL Educator wrote: |
Try for an EFL teaching job in IBRI....they will hire almost anyone there who is qualified to teach... COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY....near the Ibri Hotel waterhole...where they hire mostly non-native speakers to teach English! |
However, the OP lacks even the minimum quals to teach at the CoT.
She was presented with options on how to increase her employability. Her choice to make if she's serious about teaching in Oman. |
Exactly, thats why I am changing my route, I will try for jobs in saudi first where the demand is much higher and in many cases the requirements are lower, that way I can get the experience I need and then apply for Oman, preferably Muscat, I just hope that while I do that the sultan doesn't die and the country doesn't fall into chaos (fingers crossed)  |
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nomad soul

Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:41 am Post subject: |
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rustyrockets wrote: |
I will try for jobs in saudi first where the demand is much higher and in many cases the requirements are lower, that way I can get the experience I need and then apply for Oman, preferably Muscat. |
You may still run into the issue of not having the requisite relevant degree. |
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rustyrockets
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:40 am Post subject: |
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Well I don't know, so far my degree has not shown to be the source of the problem, it might not be linguistics or English literature but it is still Near and Middle Eastern studies, in fact this has attracted some employers, or at least that's what I've been told during the interviews. I still see the main problem as the lack of Middle East work experience, the problem is that I cannot get that sort of experience if I am not given a chance, so I guess it is an endless circle. |
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nomad soul

Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:09 am Post subject: |
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rustyrockets wrote: |
Well I don't know, so far my degree has not shown to be the source of the problem, it might not be linguistics or English literature but it is still Near and Middle Eastern studies, in fact this has attracted some employers, or at least that's what I've been told during the interviews. |
Your degree is of interest to recruiters in KSA because it indicates your familiarity with the Mid East and that you understand cultural boundaries. However, it has no bearing on teaching or language acquisition, which is why job ads specify certain degrees.
You need to be realistic; employers in Oman will choose those applicants who best meet the job requirements of a TEFL-related BA/MA and experience (and quite a few will likely be native speakers). That's your competition.
I assume that KSA college of excellence job didn't pan out, but for experience, do what some first-time, native-speaking teachers do: head to China and work there for a couple of years. You can then do a year in KSA before pursuing the Delta. |
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