Teach English in China as a non-native speaker: What you must know 

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I am a native speaker and a certified teacher in the US, I can tell you that many...MANY!... non-native speakers are better qualified than the majority of native speakers.

Thankyou soooooooooomuch for coming out n supporting non- native speakers. I am very thankful to u. I am an Indian with tofel n celta

That's very informative! Thank you two for such wonderful interview video!

Thanks a million for such an incredibly informative video. You’ve been of much help.

I am an american citizen whose first language is Spanish (puerto rican) . I studied psychology in college but my degree is from a latin american country, however, I have been working as a English/Science teacher for 6 years now. I am very curious about teaching in China so I am glad you had this interview. 💯💪🏼

Thank you very much. My getting to view this video at this time is spot on.

Thanks a lot for this great video

Well done Achraf 👌🏼

Thank you so much

this is absolutely helpful

I have just finished my Tefl Certification and also passing the GEP exam at a C1, all last month. So i am just researching into the industry, before i start applying for work.

Great video, thank you for that. As non-native, you cannot have a an English language teacher work permit; they just give you a managerial position, still you can teach because it is inside the institution and you have contact with the kids. To be honest, of course, the government knows that we are teaching here with managerial work permit.

I am proud of u achraf , can u share with me how u got your fluent in speaking and your pronunciation ?

I agree with him but that's no easy to get the ESL job in China. I have been teaching in China for 10 years. When i resign or finish the contract most of the college/University or any institute they only look NES only NES

Great video thanks for sheding lights on non native teachers, could you please provide me with the websites that achraf mentioned ? Thank you in advance.

But you forgot to mention how to get the Z Visa without an English speaker country passport, regards

@Achraf I'm waiting for you brother

hello Marek, thank you again for delivering this type of interview, very useful for us aspiring to get hired by a school in China among other countries. Allow me to start my comment by saying that most of us are trying to get a job in China because of the competitive salaries they offer, and the desire to improve the quality of life we have in 3rd world countries like in my case that I'm from Panama, so I just wanted to tell you why we insist sometimes to work in Asia, just because we don't get those remunerations here in Latin America or developing countries in Southeast Asia. It was really refreshing to see Achraf being a non-native speaker successfully teaching in China legally, I have so many questions but I don't want to overflow this comment section with them, so I hope Part 2 of this interview will be live.

can we get in touch with ashraf please , thank you for these videos

I´m curious about two other important things you didn´t mention: the z visa allows you to teach in public schools and private schools and how much is the average salary for teachers in china.I´m a NON NATIVE SPEAKER of English with a BD and TOEFL tested with more than 30 years of experience in private and public schools,but I´d take a chance to teach in China only if the students are in HIGH SCHOOLS because I prefer to teach to more mature students.

Being non-native teacher from Pakistan, I had faced lot of problems. Those problems were mostly associated to the overall attitude of my colleagues and somehow about accent. Yes can't agree anymore about the skin color phenomenon in China. Chinese care less about the content but they are much curious about the skin color. Ultimately, I quit that job only in three months and got cancellation letter. Now am jobless and staying with a friend in another city.

So, as I understand in order to teach in China for none-native speaker you don't need TESOL OR TEFL certificate if you have special degree like in Teaching/ pedagogy field? If you get BA degree on the field of pedagogy you don't need any certificate?

Thanks for your brilliant inspiring videos. How do you believe the situation to be in China for Non-Native teachers now in 2023.

What about the salery?

I want to get a teacher job in Australia. So please guide me.

Can we get job by applying online??

Hi, I am an English teacher, Egyptian and looking for a teaching position in china Can you assist?

Hello, great video! Thank you. Here's my situation. I was born in Italy. That's where I grew up until, at the age of 27, I moved to the UK. Having lived in the UK for 22 years, I now have dual citizenship, meaning that I have both an Italian and a British passport. I would like to teach English in China and would obviously apply for my Z Visa as a British citizen. However, my Bachelor's (with a major in English Language and Literature) is from an Italian university. The Italian degree certificate has been translated into English by a certified translator and also validated by UK ENIC as equivalent to a UK Bachelor's Degree. Woukd the fact that my degree is not from a UK university and that the degree certificate thereof is written in Italian be an issue for the Chinese authorities when they review my Z Visa application? Thank you very much, G.G.

I have IELTS and 1 year kindergarten school teaching experience and Bachelor engineering degree . can i apply teaching job in china? Non native

Hello there! First of all thank you so much for sharing contents of such high quality with us non-native speakers :) I still haven't got if in the end Achraf was able to get the Z Visa with the "Teaching English sign" printed and be 100% legal or not. Can you confirm me that? Have a nice day! PS: subscribed!

I've been teaching English in China for more than 5 years and it's only getting worse and more aggressive towards non-native speakers. I have a degree in ESL, related work experience, I hold a teaching visa which can be legally transferred to any type of educational institution, yet 90% of jobs are out of reach for me. You can certainly get a job at a kindergarten or at a poorly managed racist training centre but forget about colleges, universities, middle and high schools. They would rather hire a person with an American passport without any qualifications to teach instead of me and this is not an exaggeration. This is China. Also they would lie to their students or their parents that you are from Canada or Australia. And if you're for example a Pakistani, they would lie telling you're from South America because Chinese people are prejudiced against muslims and no one would ever let their child to be taught by a muslim person in China. Also the word "America" does it magic since most of Chinese people are not very good at geography and have no idea that there are two Americas. And this is like 10% of the negative stuff you'll experience in China as a non-native teacher and it would get even worse if you're not a caucasian looking person. I need just one more year in China before I get my Canadian PR and I'm struggling to find a job even at a low grade college or university because all I hear is: sorry, but they prefer native speakers. DO NOT GO to teach in China, this will drive your self-esteem under the rug and make you prejudiced against Chinese people in response to their discrimination and open racism.

First of all thank you for the great video , i just have a question , should I be in china (or any other country) to apply for an ELT job there or is it just online , I mean the interview ? .... Thank you 💗

lol, I also wanted to go to South Korea but ended up going to China

Hey,I'm from non native country but want to teach in Japan Is there any dispatch companies you know where I can apply? It'll be very helpful 😍🙏

Is having a CELTA, ECPE and experience enough to have a good ESL job in China?

Hello. Thank you for the video. Is it possible for a dark skinned person specifically from Africa to get an English teaching job abroad? Do they experience racism?

i am an english teacher i want to move to china can i contact you in private please ?

I would love to teach in Thailand. 😂

Do you definitely need a BA degree in English if you want to teach English in China?

I'm a primary teacher with PGDE and 10 years experience. Is it possible to find a primary teacher job? How?

Hi, my name is Amit Dasgupta. I am an Indian. Presently, I am an English teacher in a school. Can you suggest me a country where I can teach English ?

Stop giving people bad information! It is 100% illegal to teach in China unless you are a native speaker.

Non native English Teachers can’t get legal work Permits as English teachers in China