Siritwan

Hi, all you Thai teaching professionals. I have a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language and a PGCE, teachers' qualification from the UK, and 25 years of teaching experience, mostly at tertiary level. What are my chances of getting a decent job in Thailand at a reputable place, secondary level or tertiary? What sort of salary should I expect. Thanks.

What with your degree in linguistics and with 25 years of teaching experience, it will not be difficult for you to find a decent job in Thailand. Just take a look at:

teflasia.com/ajarn/jobs/index.html

for some examples of the teaching jobs on offer. Many schools in Thailand (especially those outside of Bangkok) are in need of experienced English teachers - particularly native English speakers.

But it all depends on what kind of level of teaching you are looking to work in and what kind of salary you are expecting when you come to Thailand. If you were to work in some of the schools in Bangkok you could expect a salary of 30,000-40,000 baht plus. But maybe in the rural areas you can expect a lower salary of maybe about 25,000 -30,000 baht.

But with your experience you could always do private tutoring and charge your own price, which could be anywhere from 200 baht to 1000 baht per hour.

Hi there,

My Brother-in-law wants to learn English and asked me if i could help him . I wonder if there are some downloadable online resources, excercises, dialogues as Aid for learning English?

His current English Level is "almost" Beginner.....anybody have any advice/suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

rcm :jap:

RCM

Try

http://www.eslgold.net/index.html

This website covers all aspects of English language teaching and has activities for beginner up to advanced learners. I use this website myself for ideas to teach primary school children.

Wife has just had the baby. Shes Thai i'm English.

We want the baby to have dual citizenship. Contacted the Thai Embassy in London, asked how we go about it.

We was told we have to go to London so they can see the baby and it can be done there.

Is this the only way? We live in Birmingham so it would mean travelling down to London on a weekday both losing time from work. Is there no other way?

We was told we cant do it in Thailand because the baby was born in the UK.

Any help appreciated.

Big Spuds

Congratulations!

First to save you going to the Thai embassy in London, is there not a Thai embassy in Liverpool?

You could contact them and see if you can get dual citizenship done there.

Otherwise from my own experience, myself having dual Thai- English citizenship, it can be done in Thailand. This is where I was able to get my dual citizenship done, even though I am not born in either UK or Thailand. They will tell you that you will not be able to register your baby in Thailand, as it is the Thai way to tell you that it cannot be done. From experience, whenever a Thai official tells you something cannot be done, it often means that they don't know what to do.

You are probably wise to claim dual citizenship for your baby now, as when I went to get my dual citizenship I was already almost 16 years old. Thailand normally has a cut of age of about 18, for parents who want their kids to have dual citizenship.

The final advice I can give you is to understand the process of claiming Thai citizenship for your child throughly before you begin the process, as you will probably be given the run around by the Thai officilas.

Hope this is of some help?

The other thought I had was wondering if it's possible to make it yourself? I thought of buying a fresh coconut, scraping the insides out with something like a lemon zester (or scooping hunks out and grating it) and then gently drying it out in the oven... has anyone tried such a thing or have any idea if this would work?

Where I live the neighbours all have either electric or hand made tools to scrape the inside of the coconut. The hand made tool is basically a small stool with what can only be described as a sharp scraper at one end. The person then sits on the stool and scrapes the inside of the coconut on the scraper, and the cocnut meat then is collected into the bowl underneath. They then only have to leave the coconut out in the sun for maybe half a day and its ready = (dessicated coconut).

But these villagers don't use dried cocnut for cakes but for cooking curries and other Thai dishes.

So perhaps if you live up country you could ask some of your neighbours if they have such a machine - and have a go at making your own dessicated coconut?

Merck

You should contact the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where there is an excellent language centre. They have many language courses including several in Thai. Of course expect to pay a fee. You could also contact them to see if any of the Thai tutors are willing to do private tuition.

See the School of Oriental and African Studies website at: http://www.soas.ac.uk

Don't know if this is any good to you or not?