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[Zoot]

Let's forget the number - seems unbelievable! I've read that native English speaking teachers are needed in the state schools there. Can anyone enlighten me?

[gloomyGumi]

yeeaah I confirmed it: that's 39,993 illegal spots, and about 7 work visas.

[volgaman]

'Search the Google' as a former colleague of mine would say

[Captain Willard]

That will be 10,000 native teachers hired per year over four years at $1,500 (U.S.) per month.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=some-40000-foreign-teachers-to-be-assigned-2011-03-

It is less than Korea, but the children are probably better behaved and they don't push eating kimchi, but there does appear to be some cultural resistance.

Color me unimpressed.

C. W.

[Otterman Ollie]

Well Captain I clicked on this link and.............. got sweet fa, any ideas?

[gloomyGumi]

amen ollie

[delal]

As someone pointed out before, that announcement may have related to the elections
Anyway, isn't it strange that nobody has seen any job ads anywhere for any of the positions (apart from the Canadian recruitment agency which didn't have a real lead on the supposed jobs). Unless there are ads posted on a website for Kazakh or Uzbek teachers of English, for example

[Otterman Ollie]

Buggered if I know mate, search me, must be a really big ,huge, massive wind up! Yeah?

[Dedicated]

There is an article in the May 2011 issue 376 of the EL Gazette :

www.elgazette.com

Turkey to recruit 40,000 native English speakers.

The Turkish Ministry of Education has announced plans to recruit 40,000 native English speakers as part of a 5-year project to improve the way foreign languages are taught. The government hopes to attract 10,000 qualified English teachers a year over the next 4 years and will automatically issue work permits to teachers recruited under the scheme.

The teachers will accompany Turkish teachers of English in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, focusing on improving the conversational skills of both students and teachers.

" The new system focuses on speaking "said Unal Akyuz, head of the Ministry of Education's projcts department. "We aim to show that English language education is not limited to teaching grammar, but that speaking and writing are important as well".

In response to concerns that the native English-speaking teachers could displace Turkish teachers, Akyuz emphasised that the guest teachers would work alongside local teachers than replace them, and added they would be paid roughly the same as their Turkish counterparts.

The project would also include a distance learning programme involving 1,000 English teachers from the USA, multimedia centres and modern English education sets for use in schools, and plans to send 3,000 Turkish teachers of English abroad for professional development such as DELTA and CELTA certifications. English cafes will also be set up and popular cartoons will be broadcast in English with Turkish subtitles to encourage students to practise English outside the classroom.

[westbrook1]

If your accommodation is paid for is 1500USD a month enough to live on comfortably in Istanbul, assuming you're not a shopping maniac or a party animal?

[gloomyGumi]

? in New York city no less ? 1500 plus free flat........you'd have to be a siv with the dough to not make it happen.

[Boating3]

has anyone heard any more about this? anyone have the inside scoop or websites?

[happyman]

Doesn't look like it will get off the ground. We should have heard something by now, especially if it's to start in Feb next year.