Cabinet gives green light to Canadians to teach English in 300 schools - kids will speak well in just a few years, says now ex-minister

[khunpeer 26]

do they just open a fresh can of Canadian teachers? where do they get them from? I mean Canada also has Covid, slowly with vaccins etc and still I don't think in near time anyone could travel to nor enter this land of fake smiles...

[JCauto 2139]

23 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Incorrect info, the sentence was 7 years and 4 months.

 

Two cabinet ministers get jail for insurrection over PDRC

So, 6 years and 16 months then?

[dannyman 9]

Living in a village in Issan off and on from 1979 to 1987,and being a Canadian. I didn't know I was teaching the little ones, that had never seen a furlong in there life's, proper Canadian English. Everyday the little kid's would be running around the house I lived at with my still Canadian Thai wife screaming "<deleted>-<deleted>". Canadians bad teachers.

[Artisi 16340]

On 2/25/2021 at 10:17 AM, Tropicalevo said:

But Canadians cannot spell! (Same as Americans.)

Think their French is ok, the yanks weren't given the chance to screw it up

[Jingthing 72006]

1 hour ago, khunpeer said:

do they just open a fresh can of Canadian teachers? where do they get them from? I mean Canada also has Covid, slowly with vaccins etc and still I don't think in near time anyone could travel to nor enter this land of fake smiles...

Recruit in the dead of winter. It could work!

[2530Ubon 2192]

On 2/25/2021 at 10:23 AM, KarenBravo said:

 

Actually, they can.

Their spellings are the original. When the colonists first moved to the New World, there weren't that many of them and the language and spelling stayed static. Meanwhile, in the UK, things evolved and changed.

Though, they have no excuse for their pronunciation and spelling of the word Aluminium.

 

Explanation is courtesy of the author Bill Bryson.

 

No, you're thinking of French.

 

I'd consider the UK an authority on the matter. One of the countries in the UK is the birthplace of the language - Britain.

The fact that some traitors to the crown disagreed, saught independence and veered away from following the rules of our English language is not our fault.

[ramrod711 7364]

20 hours ago, Humpy said:

Dear Thai kids, when the Canadian teacher says he lives in a 'hoose'  he means 'house'... 

I am Canadian, I've never heard one say aboot or hoose, not even a Newfie.

[ramrod711 7364]

1 hour ago, 2530Ubon said:

 

No, you're thinking of French.

 

I'd consider the UK an authority on the matter. One of the countries in the UK is the birthplace of the language - Britain.

The fact that some traitors to the crown disagreed, saught independence and veered away from following the rules of our English language is not our fault.

I once spoke to a Geordie. Notice that I did not say "spoke with". If it was English he was speaking, I'm still bewildered.

[pegman 7843]

I will hopefully soon be available for private Canadian English lessons for female students between the ages of say 18-22. They should wear their school uniforms.

[bluesofa 42388]

15 minutes ago, pegman said:

I will hopefully soon be available for private Canadian English lessons for female students between the ages of say 18-22. They should wear their school uniforms.

...to begin with anyway.

[AgMech Cowboy 1401]

On 2/25/2021 at 10:01 AM, webfact said:

kids will speak well in just a few years, says now ex-minister

A ??

[AgMech Cowboy 1401]

3 hours ago, 2530Ubon said:

The fact that some traitors to the crown disagreed, saught independence and veered away from following the rules of our English language is not our fault.

That was all part of 'the rebellion', you know?  Although, I'm not familiar with the word "saught"...

[SmartyMarty 636]

How can Thai children have time for learning in schools when they are so busy playing?

[Reigntax 11242]

On 2/25/2021 at 2:28 PM, Crossy said:

 

"Good moaning, I was pi55ing by your doeur".

 

Or that famous English saying for a coming together of a few.....menage a trois!!

[LazySlipper 2102]

On 2/25/2021 at 10:01 AM, webfact said:

They will be deployed at 300 good sub-district schools from May.

 

No such thing

[LazySlipper 2102]

On 2/25/2021 at 10:24 AM, RotBenz8888 said:

So Thai kids will speak English with a French accent. 

 at least it will be consistent... whereas in England there are about 10 different accents and a made up 'received' pronunciation as fake as it gets   ;   )

[LazySlipper 2102]

On 2/25/2021 at 10:24 AM, RotBenz8888 said:

So Thai kids will speak English with a French accent. 

 

Actually... being a Quebecer myself I can tell you first hand that 80% of the Quebecois can't speak a lick of English and that the 20% who can are native English speakers from places like the Eastern Townships or Montreal... so very doubtful they will have a French accent. Also... English folk speaking good French in the rest of Canada is like... few to none...

Edited February 28 by LazySlipper
French Typo Estie de calice

[Pravda 4676]

Canadian teachers make 100,000 Canadian pesos a year including benefits. 

 

They have a nice setup and a great pension going on for them there. Just like every other money sucking government employee. I highly doubt they will come to Thailand and teach. 

 

Or do they mean Canadian immigrants like me with a useless degree slumming it in Asia? If so, where do I apply? 

[rickudon 1387]

The books that are actually used are the problem - most are compiled (it would be a joke to say written) by people who are not fluent in English. As someone with degrees in Biology and Geology, I have twice tried to help children understand textbooks and questions in English on these subjects - but i struggled because the English used just didn't make any sense! If i cannot understand the books, what chance do 12 year old Thai children have?

 

If you want to teach a subject in the English language, get the books written in an English speaking country.

[LazySlipper 2102]

2 hours ago, Pravda said:

Canadian teachers make 100,000 Canadian pesos a year including benefits. 

 

They have a nice setup and a great pension going on for them there. Just like every other money sucking government employee. I highly doubt they will come to Thailand and teach. 

 

Or do they mean Canadian immigrants like me with a useless degree slumming it in Asia? If so, where do I apply? 

 

You better check your facts about Canadian pensions... unless you had a gvt job or private pension... if you are living off Canadian pension plan your barely get 30 000 bht a month a real suck <deleted> way to live

[Pravda 4676]

3 hours ago, LazySlipper said:

 

You better check your facts about Canadian pensions... unless you had a gvt job or private pension... if you are living off Canadian pension plan your barely get 30 000 bht a month a real suck <deleted> way to live

 

I'm talking about teacher pensions. 

[LazySlipper 2102]

Just now, Pravda said:

 

I'm talking about teacher pensions. 

 

where does it say they will bring in teachers?