Govt To Provide English Language Training

[george]

Govt to provide English language training for 30,000 teachers

BANGKOK: -- The Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) is to offer English language training to 30,000 teachers and 10,000 ordinary people from targeted professions, starting from next month.

OBEC secretary-general Mrs. Pornnipha Limpaphayom said today that the training would be given to English teachers and people working in the service and tourism sectors, with classes on evenings and weekends.

Courses for service sector workers will include English for tourism, English for trade, English for restaurants, English for spas, English for golf caddies, English for taxi drivers, English for bartenders and housekeepers, English for beauticians and English for people going to work abroad.

The courses will focus on simple conversations used in work and daily life.

Mrs. Pornnipha said that the OBEC aimed to provide training to 30,000 teachers and 10,000 members of the public.

--TNA 2004-10-17

[Liverish]

Is this another Thaksin pipedream ???

40,000 pupils , where are they going to find the huge number of good teachers to teach the teachers ??

say 20 pupils per class , that means they need to find 20,000 good english teachers !

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looks like there could be a big demand for lowlife teachers soon , but can you get them out of the bar ?

[sriracha john]

They should start with an "English for Prime Ministers" class. As the alledged holder of a doctorate from an American university, his level of English is abominable.

I agree with your points, Liverish.... but not your math skills... 20,000 teachers teaching 20 students would accomadate 400,000 students, not the 40,000 as posted. Still, your points are valid.

[Thetyim]

I think he will gets lots of volunteers to teach English to the bartenders.

[Khun Larry]

Is this another Thaksin pipedream ???

40,000 pupils , where are they going to find the huge number of good teachers to teach the teachers ??

say 20 pupils per class , that means they need to find 20,000 good english teachers !

Check your math... According to Toxin he needs a big classroom and one teacher.

[Ijustwannateach]

Maybe they're hoping we'll all volunteer if they give us extra khanom!

[Khun Larry]

Teach English.....

Get free Privilege Card

[Nam Kao]

He wants to train up Thai teachers so they can get rid of the falangs

[thaiwing]

Can someone enlighten as to what an ordinary people is.....?

[astral]

Another good idea that will flounder due to lack of forethought.

This guy thinks he is a CEO???????????????

[Darth Bangkok]

don't be silly. thais will be the teachers. and they will use incoherent textbooks that meander from topic to topic without starting at the beginning because there is absolutely no organization to them.

[cojones]

don't be silly. thais will be the teachers.

in the land of the blind , the one eyed man is king ...

[RDN]

......looks like there could be a big demand for lowlife teachers soon , but can you get them out of the bar ?

Well, if they made it easier for holders of "Retirement" visas to get work permits and teach, then maybe they would get a lot of good English teachers. I wouldn't mind doing a few hours a day. I already teach my g/f

[cojones]

......looks like there could be a big demand for lowlife teachers soon , but can you get them out of the bar ?

Well, if they made it easier for holders of "Retirement" visas to get work permits and teach, then maybe they would get a lot of good English teachers. I wouldn't mind doing a few hours a day. I already teach my g/f

ah but that would be too easy ,you know how the thais like to make things difficult for themselves !

[eljeque]

Quote: I already teach my g/f

I teach mine as well. I bet that more poor Thai women learn ESL from their bf than from any other source. The same goes for maids.

Thailand: The new Hub of ESL for teachers. Isn't that pedagogy?

My ex-wife lives up country. She lived in the US for five years, so her English is nearly fluent. While I was speaking to some of her friends in Thai, I asked them about their jobs. They told me that they were teachers. My wife later told me that they actually taught English, and that was why Thai people cannot speak English - because the teachers cannot speak English either.

Their might be a few good paying positions for senior teachers or administrators - curriculum developers if this actually gets off the ground. There are alos a lot of attractive teachers whom one could meet.