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Canuckophile
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Homer
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Actually they talk about the dynamics of the teachign market...
Unqualified and inexperienced teachers who are stay only for short period and about how expensive and difficult it can be to attract qualified and experienced teachers.
They also say that the image of foreign teachers has sometimes been smeared by a few idiots doing stupid things (which is true).
This (for the Herald mind you) is pretty tame and middle of the road.
But if you want to see conspiracy and xenophobia in the article...go right ahead my man!   |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:58 am Post subject: |
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"However, the majority of those English teachers are recent college graduates preparing for advanced study or seeking experience of life, and criminal offenses are in fact rare considering their large number - some 15,000 at private institutes plus several thousand employed at primary and secondary schools and colleges. Complaints are mostly about the low quality of teaching and frequent absence and departures of the teachers."
I thought the article was fair and balanced. Overall, well written. The above quote, and hi-light, is reassuring. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| Employing highly-qualified foreign teachers is expensive |
Just WHO are they trying to kid? A teaching certificate is worth exactly ZERO Won at a hakwon and most other 'educational' institutes. You cannot openly prefer young and inexperienced people and then complain that they are inferior teachers. You cannot have administrators who openly say, "Anyone can teach" and then complain when many can't.
If you want qualified teachers then you advertize and PAY for their educational background and experience. You also design educational programs where those skills can be best utilized--which does not include throwing them once a week in front of groups of 40 students who are all in the same major and expect any real student progress. |
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Canuckophile
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I didn't say it was an unbalanced article, or a bad article, I just remarked that it didn't discuss the issue of pedophile teachers as much as the old "tried and true" issues of hiring qualified (and appropriately degreed) teachers.
I did think this sentence was a bit over the top:
"The operators of the numerous language institutes in Seoul and other cities hire these men and women mostly from the United States, Canada, Australia and Britain directly via internet advertisements or through recruiting agencies, but they are generally unscrupulous about their credentials and backgrounds."
And it's not clear to me who "they" refers to - recruiters, institutes, or "these men and women" - which would be you and me, babe. |
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prairieboy
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Location: The batcave.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| There is an editiorial today in the KH I read. It's an AP (Associated Press) article. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:54 am Post subject: |
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Ya ta....
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| If you want qualified teachers then you advertize and PAY for their educational background and experience. You also design educational programs where those skills can be best utilized--which does not include throwing them once a week in front of groups of 40 students who are all in the same major and expect any real student progress. |
I think that is pretty much the point the article is trying to make man.... |
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