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[Scrabble King]

I clipped this from a Shanghai Expat forum. Are China expat teachers really this stupid?

"After dozens of Chinese mothers complained that the expat teachers of their children could not write a single email without slang, spelling errors, and erratic grammar in their own native tongue of English, the Ministry of Education announced they are considering a new IQ Test for all foreign teachers.

They even drafted a 3 part test and gave it to 2,000 volunteer expat volunteer teachers in Beijing and Shanghai and the results were shocking. Only 32% of the participants passed with a score of 80% or better. Another 41% passed with a score of 70% - 79%.

At present more than 28,000 foreign teachers are employed at 2,317 Chinese, schools, universities, kindergartens, and learning centers. It was recently discovered through a teacher survey that more than half of China's expat teachers never previously taught any subject to any student before arriving in China. Current requirements only call for a bachelor degree in any subject and fluent oral English.

With more than 28% of recent Chinese graduates unable to find work or speak more than basic English, this new IQ test may become a reality sooner than later. Yet one more hoop of many that China expats will have to jump through is not sitting well with most resident foreigners. A sample of the test can be taken at "After dozens of Chinese mothers complained that the expat teachers of their children could not write a single email without slang, spelling errors, and erratic grammar in their own native tongue of English, the Ministry of Education announced they are considering a new IQ Test for all foreign teachers.

They even drafted a 3 part test and gave it to 2,000 volunteer expat volunteer teachers in Beijing and Shanghai and the results were shocking. Only 32% of the participants passed with a score of 80% or better. Another 41% passed with a score of 70% - 79%.

At present more than 28,000 foreign teachers are employed at 2,317 Chinese, schools, universities, kindergartens, and learning centers. It was recently discovered through a teacher survey that more than half of China's expat teachers never previously taught any subject to any student before arriving in China. Current requirements only call for a bachelor degree in any subject and fluent oral English.

With more than 28% of recent Chinese graduates unable to find work or speak more than basic English, this new IQ test may become a reality sooner than later. Yet one more hoop of many that China expats will have to jump through is not sitting well with most resident foreigners. A sample of the test can be taken at http://scam-detector.com/forums/forum/employment-scams/259-do-china-foreign-teachers-really-now-require-an-iq-test-yes"

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[Listerine]

[BleedingBlue]

Does I.Q. encompass the inability to proofread or, in other words, needlessly repeat information? I thought so.

[nomad soul]

[spiral78]

Literacy. Not IQ.
Yes, a TEFL course should weed out the weakly-literate. I've had to break a few aspiring hearts on this myself for egregious, repeated, fossilized errors.

[teachfortoday]

"Scrabble King" is an obvious spammer and spreader of false information.
Why is he-she still here ?

[Scrabble King]

"nomad soul"]

[asiannationmc]

[nomad soul]

[Simon in Suzhou]

How I know this story is BS:

Chinese mothers complained about foreign teachers' English. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAH

[SH_Panda]

That's it for me.

This forum has been ruined by this cretin.

Goodbye all.

[Lack]

[likwid_777]

Spelling, grammar and punctuation I can handle. If an IQ test is introduced, I will hide my pet turkey under my shirt and let him do it for me haha.

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