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ESL Volunteer Survey Results

Back in March I posted a link to a survey of ESL volunteers as part of my Master's graduate project. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey.
The finished ESL Volunteer Guide can be viewed here: http://writing.colostate.edu/references/teaching/esl/

A cover report discussing the survey results can be viewed here: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~greentea/grad/Lim Grad Report.doc

-Kristina Lim, MA TESL/TEFL
  

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[nq:1]Back in March I posted a link to a survey of ESL volunteers as part of my Master's graduate project. doc -Kristina Lim, MA TESL/TEFL[/nq] Kristina, I'm astonished volunteers are used to teach ESL in the USA. Surely this is local government getting work done on the cheap?

  • [nq:1]Back in March I posted a link to a survey of ESL volunteers as part of my Master's graduate project.
  • doc -Kristina Lim, MA TESL/TEFL[/nq] Kristina, I'm astonished volunteers are used to teach ESL in the USA.
  • Surely this is local government getting work done on the cheap?
  • And don't professional and qualified teachers get upset about their professionalism being undermined?
  • I'm all for people volunteering, contributing to their community and broadening their own skill sets, but the already underpaid and overworked folk who teach community ESOL in the UK (I've worked in the sector, and my wife still does) would take a very old-fashioned view of being under-cut by under-qualified volunteers; and like the US, the UK has an overwhealming need for community ESOL teaching.
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[nq:1]Back in March I posted a link to a survey of ESL volunteers as part of my Master's graduate project. ... here: http://writing.colostate.edu/references/teaching/esl/ A cover report discussing the survey results can be viewed here:
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[nq:1]Kristina, I'm astonished volunteers are used to teach ESL in the USA.[/nq]
Volunteers are cheaper than paid teachers, although ESL teaching pay is so low in many areas that the difference may not be significant.
[nq:1]Surely this is local government getting work done on the cheap?[/nq]
Local government and other organizations.
[nq:1]And don't professional and qualified teache
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I'm sure the English teachers reading this newsgroup will be thrilled to bit by your contempt for our profession. It only goes to confirm my opinion of the value of your contributions here.
Einde O'Callaghan
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"Mxsmanic" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag

I don't think so. I am Mexican, my Spanish is fluet and educated, if I may say so, and sometimes I've been unable to explain Spanish grammar structures to beginner Spanish students. Mind you, I have studied English and German as foreign languages, so I know what to study a foreign language is.

IMO, "to get the job done" as a lang
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Einde O'Callaghan > misc.education.language.english in <
[nq:1]I'm sure the English teachers reading this newsgroup will be thrilled to bit by your contempt for our profession.[/nq]
I didn't know that expression. Does it mean "very excited"? (in an ironic sense, in this case)

"if the speed of light were sixty miles per hour, life would be youthful, fast, and dark."
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[nq:1]Einde O'Callaghan > misc.education.language.english in <[/nq]
[nq:2]I'm sure the English teachers reading this newsgroup will be thrilled to bit by your contempt for our profession.[/nq]
[nq:1]I didn't know that expression. Does it mean "very excited"? (in an ironic sense, in this case)[/nq]
It does, except that it should be "thrilled to bits". I think Einde made a typo, but i
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[nq:1]Einde O'Callaghan > misc.education.language.english in <[/nq]
[nq:2]I'm sure the English teachers reading this newsgroup will be thrilled to bit by your contempt for our profession.[/nq]
[nq:1]I didn't know that expression. Does it mean "very excited"? (in an ironic sense, in this case)[/nq]
It should be "thrilled to bits" and your interpretation is correct.

Regards,
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[nq:2]Einde O'Callaghan > misc.education.language.english in [nq:1]It does, except that it should be "thrilled to bits". I think Einde made a typo, but it may be his dialect. He'll tell us, I'm sure.[/nq]
A typo - I was just on my way out to work - to teach English - when I read Manicmix's contribution and nearly choked on my cornflakes. Hence my rather rapid (and incomplete) reply.
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Einde O'Callaghan > misc.education.language.english in <
[nq:2]It does, except that it should be "thrilled to bits". ... it may be his dialect. He'll tell us, I'm sure.[/nq]
[nq:1]A typo -[/nq]
That's why I couldn't find that expression in a dictionary. I should have thought of it, anyway.
I didn't mean to point the finger at your typo!
So, let me correct the Subject of this
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[nq:1]I'm sure the English teachers reading this newsgroup will be thrilled to bit by your contempt for our profession.[/nq]
How they feel about it is irrelevant to me. I'm just pointing out the reality.
It's not hard to teach English. If it were, wages would be much higher, and the pool of available and adequate teachers would be much smaller. I'm sorry if it pains English teachers to hea

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