Gov't to hire native speaking Eng teachers,83k mo.

Post by **nkstan** » March 30, 2011, 1:35 pm

The Office of Basic Education Commission Obec will seek a Bt350million budget to hire 300 native English-speaking teachers for its primary and secondary schools to tackle the shortage of English teachers a senior official said yesterday According to the proposal the native speakers would each get about Bt1 million per year - a salary of Bt83 000 per month - compared to the Bt9 000 per month drawn by Thais teaching English Obec chief Chinaphat Phumirat said the foreign teachers would be from the United States Canada England Australia New Zealand India and the Philippines.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Pl ... 2083.htmls.

Post by **Frans** » March 30, 2011, 2:05 pm

April 1 is tomorow

Post by **Prenders88** » March 30, 2011, 2:09 pm

They certainly need them Stan.

Just take a look at the English howlers in the latest INDEX catalogue.

Post by **arjay** » March 30, 2011, 4:08 pm

Frans wrote:April 1 is tomorow

Frans, is that an April fool? Tomorrow will be 31st March.

Post by **old-timer** » March 30, 2011, 4:27 pm

nkstan wrote: foreign teachers would be from the United States Canada England Australia New Zealand India and the Philippines.

Only one of those speak english, the rest copied it to suit themselves. An English english teacher should earn double providing they are not from Bradford, liverpool, Newcastle, Tooting broadway, or anywhere in the midlands. Even the cornish people should be docked a little bit because they can't quite get it right. Mr. Mash should not even get an interview unless he bribes them with a jar of branston pickle.

OT........... $\:D/$

Post by **Frans** » March 30, 2011, 5:01 pm

Hé Arjay,

Nice to meet you here

Sorry about the wrong date, But my head is full with computer problems

O.T.

=D>

Post by **harmonyudon** » March 30, 2011, 5:30 pm

title topic wrote:native speaking Eng teachers

content thread wrote:India and the Philippines

Irish excluded.

Post by **treehugger** » March 30, 2011, 5:48 pm

hey Old Timer - don't forget to exclude all those from south and east of Watford who manage to speak a sort of English without consonants and have 'W' s for 'R's .

Post by **nkstan** » March 30, 2011, 6:59 pm

I know some Fillapino and Indian native English speakers(American),but they didn't come from either country,their parents did.

I wonder why they are doing this.There are so many things that need changing to give Thais a decent education,and although the competency level of native speakers of a language,this will not improve the system.Comprehensible texts and presentation,plus constant practice of the language be learned,are also needed,otherwise they are wasting their money!But since only 300M is going towards the teachers salaries,the other 50M is the reason!

Post by **pienmash** » March 30, 2011, 7:22 pm

old-timer wrote:
nkstan wrote: foreign teachers would be from the United States Canada England Australia New Zealand India and the Philippines.
Only one of those speak english, the rest copied it to suit themselves. An English english teacher should earn double providing they are not from Bradford, liverpool, Newcastle, Tooting broadway, or anywhere in the midlands. Even the cornish people should be docked a little bit because they can't quite get it right. Mr. Mash should not even get an interview unless he bribes them with a jar of branston pickle.

OT........... $\:D/$

OT....... if i could spell i could write a book about teaching in Thailand BEEN THERE , DONE IT GOT THE T SHIRT THROWN THE T SHIRT AWAY and without a bribe unless you count rattling the old trout head of English studies in Bkk that is , haha.

IMO NATIVE English teachers should be from England with the odd ###### or Aussie thrown in just for good measure , no to anyone with a weird accent like Scots , Brummies , Geordies etc i cant understand them so what chance has a Thai student , without exception the best place to come from where the Queens English is spoken has to be SCUNTHORPE ,,,,,,, OOrrrr reet .

mash.,,,,,,,, aint no preacher or teacher JUST A HUMBLE SHOPKEEPER.

Post by **harmonyudon** » March 30, 2011, 8:04 pm

This is just humour/humor, ok?

Who is the teacher and who is the fortune teller?

Post by **Nick@AUA** » March 31, 2011, 4:42 am

Here's the article

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/20 ... 52092.html

Post by **Jing Jing** » March 31, 2011, 8:39 am

So the Thais will have three classes of English teachers. Budget(Thai English teachers) ฿9k, Business (current native English teachers) ฿30k and First Class (Super special native English teachers) ฿83k

:-"

Post by **trubrit** » March 31, 2011, 8:53 am

Can't anyone see the potential reaction from the local teachers who will be sitting alongside these "super stars" earning ten x the salary as them? I had enough remarks when I was teaching for free .

Post by **pienmash** » March 31, 2011, 9:38 am

trubrit wrote:Can't anyone see the potential reaction from the local teachers who will be sitting alongside these "super stars" earning ten x the salary as them? I had enough remarks when I was teaching for free .

Spot on TB ...... the bad feeling , envy ,friction in the staffroom was very real when i taught in Bkk . A natural reaction when you think about it , i earned 35k-40k pcm (18 class periods per week) while the Thai teachers many with long service , long hours and forced extra duties earned 10 - 12 k .

I taught maths and science to the young prathom kids (loved it) , i did certainly notice there was more bad feeling towards the foreign teachers teaching the Mathyom students as they were on 70k plus per month and seem to act like gods swanning around the school , i always took note of who ate with who at lunch time and who had little food gifts given .... inturn i noticed who was shunned .

An excellen point TB .... all now is for you to admit you know where Scunthorpe is. haha

mash

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » March 31, 2011, 6:46 pm

Wow! What a great initiative by the Thai government. Since my 'official' retirement is fast approaching, this proposal is right up my soi.

Post by **fdimike** » March 31, 2011, 8:01 pm

Pienmash
Gee I guess we ole country bumkins from the US just don't speak dat der english stuff. We only speak New York eze, Florida eze and maybe California eze and maybe a bit of Tex eze. LOL LOL

Post by **pienmash** » March 31, 2011, 8:11 pm

fdimike wrote:Pienmash
Gee I guess we ole country bumkins from the US just don't speak dat der english stuff. We only speak New York eze, Florida eze and maybe California eze and maybe a bit of Tex eze. LOL LOL

I say there old chap spiffing post if only i could understand it ! one should try to speak the finest queens English not that American warbling noise often used on Fox and CNN ,,,,,,,,, gorrrrd dam EZE whats all that about ? there drugs arent they - ecstacy innit ?

mash ...... likes eze not sleeze if you pleeze then lifes a breeze

Post by **fdimike** » March 31, 2011, 8:20 pm

Well ole chap let me put it to you a bit more succintly. We in the USA speak very good easily understood English as do the Canadians to our north.

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » March 31, 2011, 8:23 pm

Canadians do not speak English very good, we speak English well.