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ohiogirl
Joined: 26 Sep 2006
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 Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:13 am Post subject: Born in a non-English speaking country |
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| I was born in Romania and moved to Canada when I was very young. I am a Canadian citizen as well as a US citizen. I currently live in the US and don't even really speak Romanian. On my US passport it says I was born in Romania. Will that matter? Will I have trouble finding a job because I'm not technically considered a native speaker of English even though it's the only language I know? |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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I knew a teacher who was an American citizen but was born in Vietnam.
And besides that, her parents were Chinese.
She managed to find jobs, but she suffered discrimination because she didn't look prototypically Anglophonic.
If you're from Rumania, you are presumably Caucasian, so you should have less trouble. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: Born in a non-English speaking country |
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| ohiogirl wrote: |
| I was born in Romania and moved to Canada when I was very young. I am a Canadian citizen as well as a US citizen. I currently live in the US and don't even really speak Romanian. On my US passport it says I was born in Romania. Will that matter? Will I have trouble finding a job because I'm not technically considered a native speaker of English even though it's the only language I know? |
You should be fine as long as your degree is from an approved "English speaking" country.
I had a co-worker who was from the former Yugosalvia (became a Canadian citizen when he was a teen) who did his schooling in Canada and his degree was from a Canadian uni. He had no trouble getting an E2 or with racial discrimination. |
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ohiogirl
Joined: 26 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, my degree is from a US university. Thank you very much. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Born in a non-English speaking country |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
I had a co-worker who was from the former Yugosalvia (became a Canadian citizen when he was a teen) who did his schooling in Canada and his degree was from a Canadian uni. He had no trouble getting an E2 or with racial discrimination. |
ditto. It may have even been the same co-worker. |
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kigolo1881
Joined: 30 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Right-e-o!
I'm a native Vietnamese, but was born in Germany and didnt move to the US until 1997 and finished my Bachelors in Int'l Business / German from a Uni. in Texas, yet i had no problems getting a job here in Korea.
The first public school that i was interested in interviewed me and they agreed to hire me.
Actually alot of ppl are astonished when they figure out that i speak at least 3 languages. |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| As long as you are a citizen from an English speaking country, and got a degree in one then there shouldnt be much of a problem. If you have dark skin or features it can be a problem, but I have 2 American friends (Indian and African American) who have jobs teaching English with all the same benefits as everyone else, and no problems. |
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T-dot
Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Your fine as long as your passport says U.S.A.
If your attractive, Im pretty sure recruiters and hagwons woulda overlooked the fact you were born in Romania. |
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HamuHamu
Joined: 01 May 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| Besides, if they DO give you any crap about being born in Romania, tell them your American parents were simply on holiday in Romania when you were born. Job done. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
I knew a teacher who was an American citizen but was born in Vietnam.
And besides that, her parents were Chinese.
She managed to find jobs, but she suffered discrimination because she didn't look prototypically Anglophonic.
If you're from Rumania, you are presumably Caucasian, so you should have less trouble. |
Your English kind of sucks, too.
No offence, eh.
Serious, eh. |
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ohiogirl
Joined: 26 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks!! Hopefully it won't be a problem. |
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