sms747 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 There are ads in classifieds saying a company working in conjunction with Thai govt agencies is looking for English teachers from Africa, Nepal, India and Pakistan. I thought the rules were that English teachers should only be from English speaking counties, UK, NZ, OZ, Canada etc and not those being sought here. Am I wrong or is it in fact legal for a state School to employ a Pakistani or African as an English teacher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkkjames Posted August 24, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2012 Worried about the competition? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturatica Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 They'd probably be much cheaper to employ. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot1988 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 why? going by that logic only English are allowed to teach english 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sms747 Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Cheaper and much worse, but is it legal? I am only worried for the poor devils subjected to such 'teaching'. No wonder English here is so poor, it's not that Thai's are stupid but more the stupid teachers employed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trembly Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 It's perfectly legal for the school to hire anyone it wishes to. Whether they people they hire qualify for the 10000 Baht subsidy is another matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forkinhades Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Cheaper and much worse, but is it legal? I am only worried for the poor devils subjected to such 'teaching'. No wonder English here is so poor, it's not that Thai's are stupid but more the stupid teachers employed. why would it be NOT legal??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailspin Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) define english speaking country........nah let me help you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_English_is_an_official_language recommend you hit the geography lessons as well, or learn to use wiki Edited August 24, 2012 by tailspin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 The only losers in all of this are the students. The schools get what they pay for. We pulled TW's daughter out of the 'so called' best private school in our Amphur because of the Filipino English teachers. What a joke and complete waste of our money! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samran Posted August 24, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2012 Cheaper and much worse, but is it legal? I am only worried for the poor devils subjected to such 'teaching'. No wonder English here is so poor, it's not that Thai's are stupid but more the stupid teachers employed. of course you are right. If they aren't white they must be more stupid. Bring back the colonial times! Can't have the bloody darkies doing a white man's job! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 An English teacher needs to have the right qualifications first and foremost, irrelevant of what country they are from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurgenG Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A friend of mine, a very well educated British, once to told me that educated Indians are the people with the best english. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Even if these guys can barely speak English, they'll speak it better than the Thai English teachers most of these schools would have been using before. A lot of Thai schools don't have anyone that can speak English, a cut rate non native speaker is still an improvement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkshire Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 define english speaking country........nah let me help you http://en.wikipedia....ficial_language recommend you hit the geography lessons as well, or learn to use wiki Well that's interesting. SMS care to comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A friend of mine, a very well educated British, once to told me that educated Indians are the people with the best English. I agree (mostly) some of the Indian engineers I work with have superb English with little trace of the stereotypical Indian accent. Even 'native' speakers could be an issue, some years ago whilst working in Seoul I met a couple of Welsh girls, both had pronounced Cardiff accents (boyo) and both were teaching 'English'. I feel really sorry for the Korean businessmen who they taught (or maybe they have cornered the market in exporting kimchi to Wales). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 The only losers in all of this are the students. The schools get what they pay for. We pulled TW's daughter out of the 'so called' best private school in our Amphur because of the Filipino English teachers. What a joke and complete waste of our money! The Filopino teachers are actually very good, I have worked with them, but in another school, myself and the other Farang native speaking teachers, lost our jobs at the end of term and were replaced by Filipinos on half our salary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A friend of mine, a very well educated British, once to told me that educated Indians are the people with the best english. And I spoke with one guy from UK, which I really couldn't understand...he works at the docks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Most call centres in the UK are now using indian staff based in India to save on costs. They wouldn't have those opportunities if their english skills weren't good enough. So even in the UK it is happening too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A friend of mine, a very well educated British, once to told me that educated Indians are the people with the best english. And I spoke with one guy from UK, which I really couldn't understand...he works at the docks.... most of the medics ,at my docs ,are of indian origin. and speak perfect inglish . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A friend of mine, a very well educated British, once to told me that educated Indians are the people with the best english. And I spoke with one guy from UK, which I really couldn't understand...he works at the docks.... I met an English guy once, whose grammar was worse than mine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Most call centres in the UK are now using indian staff based in India to save on costs. They wouldn't have those opportunities if their english skills weren't good enough. So even in the UK it is happening too. Going back some years when I was in the UK most of the time, I had many calls from foreign based call centres and I could hardly understand a word that the were saying. But to be honest, I can't understand broad Scottish, Geordie, Welsh and Northern accents and they are native English speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Most call centres in the UK are now using indian staff based in India to save on costs. They wouldn't have those opportunities if their english skills weren't good enough. So even in the UK it is happening too. Going back some years when I was in the UK most of the time, I had many calls from foreign based call centres and I could hardly understand a word that the were saying. But to be honest, I can't understand broad Scottish, Geordie, Welsh and Northern accents and they are native English speakers. 'Smebbeyoo,pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A friend of mine, a very well educated British, once to told me that educated Indians are the people with the best english. And I spoke with one guy from UK, which I really couldn't understand...he works at the docks.... Irish, Scottish, Londoner...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Our lads English teacher is from India and the lad doesn't know what he is talking about cos he sounds nothing like me, and l am a cockney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 When I was a kid we had a wesh bus conductor that I couldn't understand. It was easy to tell he was welsh as he always wore a leek in his Turban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Our lads English teacher is from India and the lad doesn't know what he is talking about cos he sounds nothing like me, and l am a cockney. That reminded me of the Peter Sellers movie "The Party" where he plays an indian' have a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hrb_fcCcSw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Apparently some tv members have no problem with Thais speaking with an Indian accent. God bless ´em!!! This has everything to do with money and face saving. Nothing to do with education. Keep the lower classes low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Apparently some tv members have no problem with Thais speaking with an Indian accent. God bless ´em!!! This has everything to do with money and face saving. Nothing to do with education. Keep the lower classes low. How about speaking english with a thick cockney or other accent. Come on you guys act like you are the only ones who can speak good English while in fact many of you guys are hard to understand. Just affraid to loose out on some money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 The only problem with Indians is that they use the present continuous too often, and also with state verbs. I am wanting I am needing I am loving I am understanding But some of the Indian guys I know, who are well educated have no grammar problems as well. The only problem is when the parents see some of the teachers, as they have this thing about white teachers, I worked at a language centre where we had to get rid of some staff who were not white, and replaced them with Polish and Russian so called teachers, the parents, the students, the staff and the management even had problems understanding them, but they were white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaullyW Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 define english speaking country........nah let me help you http://en.wikipedia....ficial_language recommend you hit the geography lessons as well, or learn to use wiki I think he meant White English speaking country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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