Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just give them a fertilized, steamed duck egg (a.k.a. "balut") and ask them to eat it. If they refuse or choke, they are NOT Filipino. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Rodriguez Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 here is one to think about SARASAS international program (double expensive) Rom Klao : the receptionist CANNOT SPEAK ONE WORD OF ENGLISH !!! the vice director is a psychopath that shouts to children for no reason, till they cry, she choses a new victim everyday 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 14 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: 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 I met an Irishman in Laos years ago who was an English teacher. I don't know how the kids learnt, I had enough trouble trying to understand him, and my old granny came from Belfast 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezdomny Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Many NES out there pretend to be English teachers, that why Thailand is sinking further every year on the EF English Proficiency Index. BA in irrelevant field and two Mondays one Tuesday TEFL course doesn't make you language teachers. Only in Asia you can get job if you and NES and white without any competence. Some facts: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1570042/thai-english-proficiency-drops Top countries on the EF English Proficiency Index dont hire incompetent NES, but people with actual degree in English language. Anything more to add? https://www.ef.com/wwen/epi/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukKrueng Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 15 hours ago, rooster59 said: Based on Tom's input the article claimed that many Thais had been hired to teach in schools So they base the article on a tweet from someone they never met... real investigative journalism ???? 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. And they are all such great actors (obviously they're not real teachers...) that they never reacted to Thai language, never spoke to other teachers in Thai during the day... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 15 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said: But Asians can't hear English accents. My wife can jing jing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 12 hours 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 get the same feeling when Im in the bar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 15 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. ???? Well we do have a Russian agent posing as President of the United States so why not ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solinvictus Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Filipinos must be 'liked' very much by Thai's atm. I think they are, they fit in easier, don't whine as much as Brits nor as expensive as Americans. In reality due to the accent, Americans should be paid twice as much as Brits. IMO. ???????? Edited October 4, 2020 by Solinvictus 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherclaire Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 That would be very easy to find out. You'd only have to listen if they speak in Tagalog in their time when they're not teaching English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 How them Thais come filipino teachers managed to keep that up infront of a class full of Thai kids is difficult I speak pretty good Thai and sometimes for a bit fun when I go out dont speak Thai not easy, even one word 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPKANKAN Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 15 hours 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. And their better English more importantly!!!???????????????????????????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GinBoy2 Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Blumpie said: 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. Well any tonal language brings it's own challenges when it comes to 'accent' Mandarin was my first tonal language, followed by Thai and Lao. The second two were much easier because I had already cracked the tonal thing. It's a curious thing, that it was after listening to Mandarin pop songs that I finally got it. Think of it this way. You are pronouncing words in a song, which need the tones to become intelligible, while at the same time singing those tonal words on top of a melody which in itself is tonal. So add in an accent and it's really really hard. So whereas I can listen to Spanish or English being spoken, I only am listening to the flat words with an accent melody so to speak. The same is far from true with tonal languages, and for me at least I only really identify the 'accent' by the use of regional words 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherclaire Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, ChipButty said: How them Thais come filipino teachers managed to keep that up infront of a class full of Thai kids is difficult I speak pretty good Thai and sometimes for a bit fun when I go out dont speak Thai not easy, even one word That's indeed very difficult. I'm in the same boat, not allowed to say something in Thai. But when the electricity switched off, I said "Fai dab" without even thinking. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyclist Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 15 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said: 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. Disguise as a Brit :the Farang look could be a problem, the accent is easy: pretend to be from Yorkshire, nobody can understand their English anyway, if you wanna call it English 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 is 1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 How proud you have be about your own nation, if you cheat to be Filipino!? Salamat! Elo elo...... One woman had mo bilat... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherclaire Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, thecyclist said: Disguise as a Brit :the Farang look could be a problem, the accent is easy: pretend to be from Yorkshire, nobody can understand their English anyway, if you wanna call it English Or teach in Pennsylvania Dutch, nobody will hear the difference.......lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherclaire Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said: How proud you have be about your own nation, if you cheat to be Filipino!? Salamat! Elo elo...... One woman had mo bilat... Mobilat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cod Face Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, YetAnother said: 16 hours ago, rooster59 said: They claimed that out of 411 teachers checked at the school only 98 had a teacher's licence land of sham A school and (a profession here) "of sham" [sic]. Edited October 4, 2020 by Cod Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 39 minutes ago, teacherclaire said: That's indeed very difficult. I'm in the same boat, not allowed to say something in Thai. But when the electricity switched off, I said "Fai dab" without even thinking. Lol Or, Jep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 There were a couple of Africans teaching English at our local school, at least Thais could not pretend to be one of them ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 555 Unreal! I never fail to get a laugh from the Muppet show Thai style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Hire a moose, they will never know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 ROTFLMAO What is Thai for show your Philippine passport? Honestly nothing wrong with the general level of English in PI but why is Thailand not overrun with proper English speakers from Jamaica, Trinidad, my buddha even the Welsh are pretty well skilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Solinvictus said: In reality due to the accent, Americans should be paid twice as much as Brits. IMO. ???????? Then English Brits should get twice as much as Scottish Brits ..ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 It would be funnier that heck if some Thai was thrown into IDC and then deported to the PI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 17 hours ago, rooster59 said: English language teachers 17 hours ago, rooster59 said: They claimed that out of 411 teachers checked at the school only 98 had a teacher's licence. Could've been worse .. imagine if they were geometry teachers they'd be back to square one .. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 17 hours ago, rooster59 said: 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. So, does this mean they sacked the foreigners for wrong paperwork , but kept the Thais with no licences ? Seems a bit xenophobic to me. Should have sacked the lot of them and sacked their empoyers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 16 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. they are seeking South Africans as well, certified and "barely" odd accent, wages may be a little higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybuz Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 16 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. all indians have a welsh accent when speaking english.55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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