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[hassan731]

Hey everyone,

This is my first post on Dave's ESL cafe forum, and I have a lot of questions.
I am a non-native English speaker from Morocco, currently attending college in the US. Actually, an Ivy-league school, which is sweet.
I am contemplating getting a job in the EFL field and I don't wanna start in my home country, it's actually easier for me to get a job abroad than in Morocco.
I'm majoring in Education, which might be a plus. I will also get a TEFL/TESL certificate after I graduate this coming May.
My English is Good ( I don't sound like a foreign student at all, people can hardly believe that I'm from Morocco).
But when it comes to experience, I have 2 semesters as a French TA which is pretty much irrelevant experience.
Well, I started researching Schools that provide TEFL certificates and came across ITTO in Guadalajara. As they guarantee a job upon completion of their program, I contacted them and asked about my chances as I am not a native speaker and they said it's not a problem at all.
As they also ask their students to enter Mexico as tourists, I thought I might have a problem getting a work permit because of my Passport, they assured me it won't be hard to get that as soon as I get a Job offer.
I will certainly not be picky if I get a job offer as I know it will help me build my experience, I'm thinking of going back to Morocco after getting 3 or more years of teaching experience.
But I'm wondering still, will it be worth spending all that money and time to do this?

I wanna be completely sure about this adventure.
Please advise,

Thanks,

Hassan

[johnnyenglishteacher]

Being a non-native speaker doesn't mean you can't work in TEFL. I've worked with many a non-native.

Don't know how useful the ITTO certificate is. If I were you I'd contact a few (reputable) schools in your preferred country and ask them what qualifications they demand.