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Khoff Posted 17 years ago
Teaching

Instant teacher

I don't usually look at the "Teaching English (TEFL)" forum, but happened to glance at it today and saw this: Teaching abroad in South Korea--have never taught anything before. I'm really tempted to reply and say, "Don't worry -- it's not as if teaching is a skill that requires any training. As soon as you walk into that classroom, you'll know what to do."

Either that, or just "You're kidding, right?"
  

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I saw that and decided not to answer, for fear of what I might say: we're supposed to be polite (but it's difficult sometimes).

— Philip

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I saw that and decided not to answer, for fear of what I might say: we're supposed to be polite (but it's difficult sometimes).
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Well, neither response is quite on the mark, JHoff. Most teachers who come to Japan have no training. The larger schools offer it as a part of the employment package. It doesn't take much to act as a 'teacher' of conversational English, and I surmise that the situation is much the same in Korea, China, and much of SE Asia, at least.
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And apparently in Kuala Lampour (pardon my spelling) you can get by simply by standing in front of a class and saying:

You can say: Ali and Peter take their fishing rods to fish in the fish pond

You can say: Ali and Peter find a wallet

You can say: Ali and Peter work hard and are praised by their teacher for their praiseworthy work

You can say: Ali and Peter wo
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Same thing happens here in Chile, if you are a native speaker, you can be a 'teacher'.
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Okay, I answered that post.
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