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saint57
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Beyond the Dune Sea
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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: The World is Flat |
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In a flat world:
- One teacher will give a video lecture to students around the world.
- Hired goons will be responsible for classroom management.
- Marking will be ousourced to Bangladesh.
What's in the future for teachers? |
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John Hall
Joined: 16 Mar 2004
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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
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As long as the world needs good quality English teaching, none of this will happen.
Except maybe the outsourcing of marking to Bangladesh. |
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comenius
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
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Location: San Francisco, California, USA
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Yup, and there are lots of English teachers that are natives of India who are working with clients around the world for less than $10 US per hour. A lot of them work online. As with many other industries, it would be pretty hard for a teacher to live in a more expensive country and compete with them on price.
The world is indeed flat! |
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