Who hires non-native English teachers? [closed]

Most temporary jobs for foreign English teachers around the world, in places like Thailand and Korea, seem to require the person to be a native speaker. Also very frequent to demand a TEFL.

I was wondering where this isn't a requirement. Maybe there are places that value the person's background more than where she is native from? Or maybe niches, such as English for doctors or lawyers, where knowledge of the field would be the most relevant skill?

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Teach and Learn with Georgia had a good number of non-native English speakers working as English teachers when I was there recently.

By far most of the teachers are native speakers from USA but there were also teachers from all over the world - they all had very good English though. Officially you'd be a volunteer but it does pay a little bit. I heard some teachers saying one of the attractions was that it's the easiest English teaching program to join, but I don't know if that's totally true. I also heard that as it gets more established (it's only just over two years old) they are upping their standards. I believe you need a university degree in any subject to qualify for instance.

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Which companies hire non-native English teachers?

Here are 6 companies that hire non-native speakers to teach English online:

Fluentbe. Fluentbe is an online language school. ...
italki. Requirements: You should have reliable access to an internet connection with a speed of at least 2 MB per second. ...
Engoo. ...
Learnlight. ...
Preply. ...
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Does Vipkid accept non-native speakers?

Aside from a few notable exceptions, including VIPKID, Gogokid, Qkids, iTutorGroup and DaDa, all of the following companies welcome applications from knowledgeable English speakers.

Does Cambly accept non-native teachers?

A degree or prior teaching experience aren't required, yet preferred. You can apply for an online ESL teaching job at Cambly as a non-native English speaker, as long as you're good enough. The pay rate is $0.17 per minute, which adds up to $10.20 per hour, paid via Paypal.

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