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Hi,

I'm starting in February this TEFL course in Czech Republic. They told me that there were few non-native english speakers. Myself I'm from Belgium. Disadvantage is that English is not my mother tongue, but the advantage is that I'm quite fluent in english-dutch-german-french. Now I'm wondering. Are there many non-native english teachers? And could I use any of my other languages in a school? Any information would be very appreciated.

bart

And where would you like to teach? Which language? Your answers will determine where you can go.

Apart from that, I would like to tell you proficiency at other languages always is an asset.
The TEFL world is slightly different from the professional foreign language instruction concept dear to Europeans; a Belgian English teacher probably has a more profound grounding in all the aspects of teaching a second or foreign language than a native-English speaking TEFLer.
However, the world at large often discriminates against non-natives.