hansoman

Thanks. Looks like I'll have to wait a bit (months....) longer to get to see them again.

Anyone know what this means, precisely?

My only remaining family is my brother and his family living in Thailand.

Would that count?

Wow! What a long thread going back several years. I hope this hasn't been covered loads of times but has anyone any experience of learning Thai by "normal" methods, ie a mix of Thai and English being used in the class, and the method whereby not a word of English is spoken from start to finish. At my time of life(50) I wonder how well I would cope with the latter, if it works at all.

Great thanks!

That lot should keep me occupied for a while!

Thanks for the reply. Sounds like I should hunt out a TEFL course.

In the meantime are there any other threads in particular that you could suggest that I read? There must be hundreds of innappropriate ones to trawl through!

Hi everyone, my first post here so many apologies if it has been covered a million times before- there are way too many threads on this forum to look at them all!!

I get the impression that just because I have a UK bachelor's degree I will be able to get some sort of teaching English job in Thailand, even without a TEFL certificate, even if not one of the higher paid ones. My question is, how easy is it to do the job? I am a native English speaker and could chat away to Thai students for hours in English but that is a long way from teaching the subject. Would I be a nervous wreck everyday not knowing what I was doing as far as actually teaching the subject is concerned, or have I got it wrong and that I just wouldn't get a job in the first place?

My degree is as a dentist, which is a protected job in Thailand and therefore out of consideration, but I would want to get away from that anyway.

Thanks in advance!