kenkannif

Ish You selective quoter you

Many descriptivists (i.e. people who describe how language is used in practice) support the notion that a single space after a full stop should be considered standard because it has been the norm in mainstream publishing for many decades.

And:

Most modern typesetters, designers, and desktop publishers use only one space after a period as do all mainstream publishers of books and journals.

So it seems one space is more than acceptable and the norm nowadays

Good info here as well:

http://rosendorf.us/blogdorf/archive/2005/07/14/449.aspx

Blimey....you live and you learn. Thanks mate. Will get in the habit

Nowt to do with grammar really, but don't put a space before a comma or fullstop...like this , or this . as it's wrong and looks odd. Just do it like this, or this. And it'll look better (is it really two spaces after a fullstop???).

Personally I don't like these tests as they make people think they can kind of study up specifically for them (which I'm sure you can to an extent) whereas really you should be able to pass it due to your English ability alone...not because you've been taught how to pass (if you get what I mean???).

I think Isaan/Issan is a second language to a lot of people Bambina, as is English to SOME Thais (obviously not many though).

And check your plurals as well as Thais often have a lot of problems with them.

Do you listen to much English TV or music? If so when you write try to remember if you've 'heard' these sentences before, or if they sound natural to you.

^ I don't know mate a foreign company might prefer a Thai based degree...if you're going to work in Thailand or Asia!

Down to the person, not the bit of paper....one of the cleverest blokes I knew.....couldn't really survive in the real world and had zero common sense.

Yeah a good provider will offer continual assistance.

In legal terms you need a work permit to work...in real terms it can be a long time a coming!!!

And remember a bad school can have good teachers and a good school can have bad teachers....so check check check out who will actually be teaching your kid....as everything else is moot really elsewise!!!

^ I'm sure I've seen 'qualified IELTS teachers' advertised though???

Sorry about location....you said in Thailand, you meant in Ubon though really....right???

If you contact the BC they might be able to point you in the direction of people that do it???

Actually I reckon if you went into most language schools with cash in hand and asked if they could teach you IELTS...they'd say yes (whether they can or not).

^ They is on the link....but yeah!

Always a good place to start....the BC...now if they only paid tax and had to have work permits like us lot Not FAIR!!!

Have you tried Googling?

http://www.google.co.th/search?hl=en&q=iel...n+bangkok&meta=

Seem to be a fair few there!

Let me know if this helps or not and I'll do a more specific search if need be.

It's around mate....there's a thread about it a few threads down.

IELTS IME seems to be overtaking TOEFL!

^ And I'll third that

True enough!!!

^ I know a few black albeit American teachers working in Korea so it's certainly doable for them. Heard the same about non-natives though.

^ My step son liked them at 11-12!

Bear in mind here they let kids watch quite violent stuff at a low age (compared to the West).....Blood and guts TV shows even early in the morning.

Nice to see you mate and thank you most muchly!!!

^ I forgot that (it's just WRONG).

Linkin Park seem to be quite big as well.

Posting on it moves it to the top mate (bumps it up).

You shouldn't be teaching after 5 days of training mate.

My son loves Masked Rider and Ultraman stuff (and some Cosmos show) which are like dubbed Japanese/Chinese shows (quite violent). You get the Teletubbies over here as well as a lot of other Western cartoons/shows (at least on Cable).

Also managed to introduce the Muppets to him which he likes.

^ Yeah it's pretty new mate.

I think there mainly three there mate: T&T, CMU and now SEE.

Why not check them out in person? Buyers market and all that.

Pretty new mate, not heard anything good or bad about it.

Their proper course is okay and if you're going to study with them I'd suggest you do that.

I don't like the PELT though as it's more a buy a job course....only 4 or 5 days training as well, so it doesn't comply to the supposed international standard (100 hours plus class time and at least 6 hour observed teaching practice).

We don't teach English by having students watch DVDs, so I personally don't see how you can learn to be a teacher by doing the same.

You'll be fine mate, fine!!!

PB,

It might well be 60 now. I know we had a chap that was booted at 63 from a Uni as he then came to work for us.

But yeah where dere dat will, dere is dat way!

Hasn't really got anything to do with Labour Dept. to be honest.

Basically the new rule is the employer (the Principal actually) has to say they've checked the degree and that it's valid (how they do so seems to be down to them)...if it's then found to be fake by the MoE...said Principal could face a jail term (probably won't though).

PB,

I doubt many Unis would give info out over the phone??? Have you done this???