Thai + English Teaching

[Mod]

Thai + English Teaching

There's an option of learning Thai and English language from Thai native language speaker.

The lesson will be private lesson one by one.

We have comfortable place to learn in the city and anyone who interesting is welcome to contact us : 081-0704750

 

[nookiebear]

Is the teacher male or female?

[Italiantony]

Thai + English Teaching

There's an option of learning Thai and English language from Thai native language speaker.

The lesson will be private lesson one by one.

We have comfortable place to learn in the city and anyone who interesting is welcome to contact us : 081-0704750

 

There's an option of learning Thai and English language from Thai native language speaker.
Learning the English language from a Thai you cannot be serious.

[Mod]

I'm Thai, Female, 25 years old who teach Thai and English basic for the beginners.

If someone want to go higher level we can arrange a native English teacher.

Ann

[Eric2012]

Italian Tony's assumption that No Thai could possibly teach English well is highly offensive.He thinks he can speak Thai well,so why is the reverse not possible.Could it be that he is just incredibly arrogant or ignorant ,or both? I think the bad habit of Thai bashing goes way too far,not everyone in Thailand is the same as the people Tony associates with.

[Starman]

Not sure that this is an example of Thai bashing. Maybe IT has experience of Thai people teaching English.

I do, and I have to say that facts and statistics that are available are not in favour of Thai English teachers.

[Jamaw]

The Thais can only go so far in English then they will struggle, in particular with grammar. This is widely recognised at the highest levels of education in Thailand.

What qualifications do you (the teachers) have?

[Eric2012]

Hi Jamaw,that's the whole point-what qualifications do the teachers have? I have met many English speaking "teachers" in Thailand who would not pass a fourth grade primary school english exam.While these days many Thais have had an excellent Tertiary education,far better than many of the boozy expats in this country.There is no doubt that English speaking is very difficult for most Thais,but not all ,as Tony would like to have you believe.Many Thai people travel the world privately and for business and academic purposes these days.I think Tony should realise things are changing in Thailand,soon many Thais will speak English better than he ever did.

[Starman]

You were talking about teaching English and not speaking. Just for your information Thailand currently stands at 9th out of the 10 ASEAN countries. Only Laos is worse, at the moment.

I have a Diploma and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages, by the way. I have been teaching in Thailand for 15 years. I can tell you now, it will be a very long time until Thais speak better English that Europeans do. I am not having a go. The system just can't do it.

[Jamaw]

Eric, I cannot disagree with anything you say there. However, having had similar experiences,these types are becoming the minority. All schools in Thailand are tightening up, not just on qualifications but types, relevance and accreditations.

Just for the record, I've done a TEFL course of 6 weeks which was quite challenging (both Thai education and British Council accredited). Some are better than others but that's also being dealt with hence why some training schools are closing down.

I have 23 years experience as a training manager, mostly in developing countries having run my own business in uk for 16 years ; Middle East, India, North Africa and Papua New Guinea. I was also a country training manager. Although that gave me some confidence and understanding; I've had to deal with poorly educated people and write training programs, it was some relevance to my experience.

I'm now going on to take the degree as it will give me a guaranteed visa and starts with a 3 year visa as soon as I enrol.

Some of the comments brought up by the director of our training, who has been in Thailand for 26 years; he stated Filipna, African and Indian 'English' teachers are on the way out and the directive is British, USA, Canadian, Australians only. Anyway you look at it quaoificatioos are necessary if not vital.

[Jamaw]

As Starman has stated, and stated from his professional experience, it's quite simple, Thais cannot teach to the levels required.

[Eric2012]

Italian Tony made a broad statement that I disagree with.There is no question that any qualified teacher  will be better than non -qualified.But that was not the point of my grievance.

[Jamaw]

It's best to stick to facts and not broad statements. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but there's 'a matter of opinion' and, 'an opinion that matters'!

[Starman]

It's best to stick to facts and not broad statements. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but there's 'a matter of opinion' and, 'an opinion that matters'!

Yes, indeed.

[Eric2012]

Nice of you to show support,exactly my point