{"id":103,"date":"2019-10-30T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangoteacher.com\/blog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:20:30","slug":"native-english-teacher-but-from-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangoteacher.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/30\/native-english-teacher-but-from-where\/","title":{"rendered":"Native English Teacher. But from where?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When filling out your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangoteacher.com\/form.php\">teacher profile<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangoteacher.com\/\">OrangoTeacher<\/a> website, you&#8217;ll be asked if the language you are teaching is your native language.  So by this we mean the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> &#8220;the language of the country that someone is born in or native to&#8221;<\/p><cite> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/\">collinsdictionary.com<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>However, several countries have a number of official languages.  And more countries still, have more than one official language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are teaching English, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangojapan.com\/\">OrangoJapan<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangoteacher.com\/\">OrangoTeacher<\/a> to classify you as a Native speaker, you must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speak English as your primary language <u>and <\/u>come from a country where English is the most commonly spoken language.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this we follow the UK government&#8217;s  classification of of overseas (non-UK) countries as majority native speaking. These are the following:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Antigua and Barbuda<\/li><li>Australia<\/li><li>The Bahamas<\/li><li>Barbados<\/li><li>Belize<\/li><li>Canada<\/li><li>Dominica<\/li><li>Grenada<\/li><li>Guyana<\/li><li>Ireland<\/li><li>Jamaica<\/li><li>New Zealand<\/li><li>St Kitts and Nevis<\/li><li>St Lucia<\/li><li>St Vincent and the Grenadines<\/li><li>Trinidad and Tobago<\/li><li>United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland)<\/li><li>United States of America <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If we come across profiles where the teacher advertises their teaching language as their native language but their profile nationality suggests contrary to the above, we&#8217;ll edit accordingly (by removing the native indicator) and further review the profile for authenticity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This might seem a bit of a shock to nationals of South Africa,  India, Pakistan, The Philippines as well as other countries. However, although English is widely spoken in these countries, it is not yet considerably more spoken than other languages or dialects in those locations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>But I speak English better than most native speakers!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe your English is perfect, and it could be better than most native speakers. Yes Scandinavians, we&#8217;re talking about you here.  In that case, we recommend adding some video to your profile where you speak English. That way students can hear from themselves how good your English is.   Have fun teaching!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When filling out your teacher profile on the OrangoTeacher website, you&#8217;ll be asked if the language you are teaching is your native language. So by this we mean the following: &#8220;the language of the country that someone is born in or native to&#8221; collinsdictionary.com However, several countries have a number of official languages. 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