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ed1980
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Goyang
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 Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:58 am Post subject: An English English teacher - advice please |
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Does anybody know of any specialist schools or recruiters that specialise in recruiting teachers with British accents ?
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Why? Are you having problems finding a job in the mainstream market, or do you have a preference to be around POMS only?  |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: An English English teacher - advice please |
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| ed1980 wrote: |
Does anybody know of any specialist schools or recruiters that specialise in recruiting teachers with British accents ?
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You don't need to bother. Yes, most employers prefer a North American accent but there's still some room for poms. |
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Toby
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Wedded Bliss
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: An English English teacher - advice please |
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| ed1980 wrote: |
Does anybody know of any specialist schools or recruiters that specialise in recruiting teachers with British accents ?
cheers |
English Spectrum sometimes has people that want English only. there are some there now. |
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TJ
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: An English English teacher - advice please |
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| ed1980 wrote: |
Does anybody know of any specialist schools or recruiters that specialise in recruiting teachers with British accents ?
cheers |
What kind of British accent do you have ? If you have a very strong accent, perhaps a 'Cockney' or a 'Welsh' accent you may not be able to get a job here. In the other hand, if your accent is fairly 'neutral', you shouldn't experience any difficulties.
[Hey, what are the mods doing ? I used a word to describe the accent of those Londoners 'Born within the sound of Bow Bells' and they subsitiuted the word '*beep*'. I'll try again ... the word the mods censored was C*O*C*K*N*E*Y ......... and it's not a rude word !!!!!]
I am Australian but my accent is hardly noticeable and I have never had a problem getting a job here.
I believe those hagwans that insist on a 'North American' accent are doing themselves and their students a disservice because Koreans need to be made aware that there is more to the world than just the USA. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Try Japan, I hear that there are tons of such agencies there, and they hire only people from britian. |
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dzeisons
Joined: 14 Oct 2004
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| try british council- they take brits and commonwealthers |
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