Thais pretending to be Filipino foreign language teachers is widespread, Thai media

[rooster59]

Thais pretending to be Filipino foreign language teachers is widespread, Thai media

 

Image: Thai PBS

 

Thai media Thai PBS investigated after fallout from the abuse of children cases at a school in Nonthaburi.

 

They said that there were wider issues associated with the hiring of both Thai and foreign teachers who were unqualified. 

 

They claimed that out of 411 teachers checked at the school only 98 had a teacher's licence.

 

And four foreigners were sacked because they didn't have the correct visa and other paperwork. 

 

This raised the issue of who was actually teaching in schools that profess to have an ""English Program".

 

They spoke to a Twitter user called "Khru Tom" (Tom the teacher) who tweeted: "They should check all schools to see how many foreigners have a work permit. And many are not foreigners at all but Thais passed off as Filipinos".

 

Based on Tom's input the article claimed that many Thais had been hired to teach in schools and the students and parents were told that the English language teachers were really Filipinos. 

 

The teachers  were ordered never to speak Thai in class. 

 

This was so that an illusion could be maintained hoodwinking the students into believing they didn't understand Thai so the students would not resort to that language in class themselves.  

 

This state of affairs was being achieved with the full knowledge of the schools who connived with agencies in the procurement of staff, it was claimed. 

 

Thaivisa notes that in many posts online from teachers in Thailand it has been claimed that many foreigners are essentially working illegally in the country because the schools have been unable to properly process their paperwork given the situation created by the pandemic and the closure of borders.

 

Source: Thai PBS

 

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[ThailandRyan]

So were they teaching using a fake Tagalog accent or was it Tinglish...lol

[RotBenz8888]

It's a great idea. Since they don't want any real foreigners anyway, they can just act. I wonder when they'll move to the next level, and disguise as Brit. 

[cjinchiangrai]

What about the Russian English teachers posing as Brits for a lot more money?

 

They should let the retirees teach part time, except the Scots. ????

[steven100]

23 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Thais pretending to be Filipino foreign language teachers

Thais caught cheating and lying ......    who would have ever thought that   !!

[ThailandRyan]

7 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

What about the Russian English teachers posing as Brits for a lot more money?

 

They should let the retirees teach part time, except the Scots. ????

I can hear it now the youth of tomorrow will be speaking Tinglish with a brogue, and unbelievably it will sound like they are from Merica...lol 

 

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Thais caught cheating and lying ......    who would have ever thought that   !!

Unfortunately cheating and lying starts at the top with the hero of the last Coup.

[Blumpie]

Anyone english teach can.  Sentences can get in structure, and then you can speak it now.

Happily, all enjoying can english teach.  

Thank you all and happy day.  

[rkidlad]

I knew a girl teaching English who is half Kiwi half Thai. She told me she was instructed by her school to tell any parents that’s she’s half Chinese if they ask. Apparently they thought parents, and fellow Thai teachers, wouldn’t be too happy if they knew a half Thai was making a farang salary. 
 

Qualifications? Na. Nationality and race are what really matters when teaching English.  
 

 

 

[Isaan Alan]

There is something amiss in this story. Do they have an induction course for the fake  Filipinos where they teach the Thais how to act the part? Wannabee Filipinos 101. That must be such a hoot.

[baansgr]

Although Asian...Thais and Filipinas are easily told apart. Mannerisms, skin tone, facial features and accents. No way could a Thai pass off as a Filipina.

[cjinchiangrai]

2 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Although Asian...Thais and Filipinas are easily told apart. Mannerisms, skin tone, facial features and accents. No way could a Thai pass off as a Filipina.

But Asians can't hear English accents.

[YetAnother]

52 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

They claimed that out of 411 teachers checked at the school only 98 had a teacher's licence

land of sham

[Dumbastheycome]

16 minutes ago, Blumpie said:

Anyone english teach can.  Sentences can get in structure, and then you can speak it now.

Happily, all enjoying can english teach.  

Thank you all and happy day.  

Google it  one can .Speak it as a language  may not so perhaps.

Be that despite script and speech portrayed  it is!

Stars Wars puppet  speech? Real be need you  get!

[Artisi]

28 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Thais caught cheating and lying ......    who would have ever thought that   !!

Couldn't be Thai's, "as no Thai would that" 

[ukrules]

42 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Thais caught cheating and lying ......    who would have ever thought that   !!

I can't believe it ????

[cjinchiangrai]

If they are serious about teaching everyone English, they should hire from India. They could get certified teachers for Thai wages that speak English very well. The accent is a little odd but nobody would know and English speakers don't care that much anyway.

[samsensam]

28 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Although Asian...Thais and Filipinas are easily told apart. Mannerisms, skin tone, facial features and accents. No way could a Thai pass off as a Filipina.

 

can you tell the difference between someone from france and quebec speaking french? differentiate between spanish spanish, peruvian spanish, argentine spanish, chilian spanish? unless you're a native speaker or fluent (proficient maybe) speaker you wont be able to differentiate accents.

[Almudena]

16 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

can you tell the difference between someone from france and quebec speaking french? differentiate between spanish spanish, peruvian spanish, argentine spanish, chilian spanish? unless you're a native speaker or fluent (proficient maybe) speaker you wont be able to differentiate accents.

Regarding Spanish, after a while of living in spain and learning the language, you do start to recognize the regional accents and the South American different accents too.  

[GinBoy2]

28 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

can you tell the difference between someone from france and quebec speaking french? differentiate between spanish spanish, peruvian spanish, argentine spanish, chilian spanish? unless you're a native speaker or fluent (proficient maybe) speaker you wont be able to differentiate accents.

I kinda agree with that.

 

I'm a native English and Spanish speaker and can easily identify different accents in both languages.

 

I'm also a fluent Mandarin, Thai & Lao speaker, and those regional/country accents become much harder for me to identify, unless they are grossly obvious

[JeffersLos]

2 hours ago, rkidlad said:

I knew a girl teaching English who is half Kiwi half Thai. She told me she was instructed by her school to tell any parents that’s she’s half Chinese if they ask. Apparently they thought parents, and fellow Thai teachers, wouldn’t be too happy if they knew a half Thai was making a farang salary. 
 

Qualifications? Na. Nationality and race are what really matters when teaching English.  
 

 

 

A female friend of mine is half Thai half English, raised in England.

 

She did some teaching in one private school here and was told by the agency to not mention she is half Thai or can speak Thai to anyone at the school.

 

She said she actually wished she wasn't Thai just so she wouldn't understand all the stuff the Thai teachers there talked about, thinking she couldn't understand. ????

[rkidlad]

9 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

A female friend of mine is half Thai half English, raised in England.

 

She did some teaching in one private school here and was told by the agency to not mention she is half Thai or can speak Thai to anyone at the school.

 

She said she actually wished she wasn't Thai just so she wouldn't understand all the stuff the Thai teachers there talked about, thinking she couldn't understand. ????

I learnt to speak Thai quite well. I yearn for the days I didn’t understand. Saying that; I wish sometimes I didn’t understand English either. 

[CanuckThai]

Every nook and cranny exploited.  Unbelievable, bizarre or par for the course?  You have to admit, very creative on all fronts...

[JeffersLos]

12 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

Every nook and cranny exploited. 

If Thais put as much effort into doing honest business as they do to lying, cheating and exploiting, they'd actually be world leaders in commerce 55. 

[scorecard]

"The teachers  were ordered never to speak Thai in class."

 

But no doubt they speak Thai with other teachers, admin staff etc? 

 

Seems to me it would be impossible for these 'English teachers' to NOT get caught speaking Thai. Kids are not stupid, they would notice quickly that their teacher had been speaking Thai to other staff members, on their phone to friends, family etc.

 

Education in LOS full of corruption and deceit at every turn.

 

 

 

 

[Blumpie]

9 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Google it  one can .Speak it as a language  may not so perhaps.

Be that despite script and speech portrayed  it is!

Stars Wars puppet  speech? Real be need you  get!

Why do  you hate love my speach?  I need know why that is!!!

Please essence the noun to mean you happy.  Happy you be if you want!!!

 

[Blumpie]

8 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

I kinda agree with that.

 

I'm a native English and Spanish speaker and can easily identify different accents in both languages.

 

I'm also a fluent Mandarin, Thai & Lao speaker, and those regional/country accents become much harder for me to identify, unless they are grossly obvious

It is completely impossible after a certain age to speak a language quite fluently.  One will always have an accent.  There are notable exceptions but it is not normal.  

You are quite a learned person.  I cannot imagine the amount of work mandarin must have been, but with Thai, I imagine it is extremely tonal.  

[Blumpie]

9 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

If they are serious about teaching everyone English, they should hire from India. They could get certified teachers for Thai wages that speak English very well. The accent is a little odd but nobody would know and English speakers don't care that much anyway.

A little odd???  

That's putting it mildly.  

[Fex Bluse]

10 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

What about the Russian English teachers posing as Brits for a lot more money?

 

They should let the retirees teach part time, except the Scots. ????

Like this bloke? 

 

 

[Fex Bluse]

10 hours ago, Isaan Alan said:

There is something amiss in this story. Do they have an induction course for the fake  Filipinos where they teach the Thais how to act the part? Wannabee Filipinos 101. That must be such a hoot.

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