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BBC Article: Language Teachers needed | ||
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| crafedog Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5820 days ago 166 posts - 337 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Korean, Tok Pisin, French | Message 9 of 19 14 March 2012 at 1:13pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
The school was just very poor. Lazy, uninspiring teachers with violent, crazy, criminal students. I have very few good memories of school apart from the time I spent with my friends outside of it. I never enjoyed education until I went to university. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5018 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 10 of 19 14 March 2012 at 2:26pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I remember our own teacher saying exactly the same thing. He used to teach in a school in the UK and he said that he would never do it again, even for all the money in the world. He said how most students were either uinterested or were just plain lazy. Some were even criminally violent. He said that there were some excellent teachers but most were indifferent. He said that he had to go to work everyday with the threat of violence hanging over him like the Sword of Damocles. Coming from someone who is not only a brilliant teacher but also a great person, I cannot but believe what he says. Napoleon Edited by napoleon on 14 March 2012 at 3:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5018 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 11 of 19 14 March 2012 at 3:00pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Philologists and other educated professionals do not make up the bulk of the immigrant population. There may always be a few indivials who posses the necessary qualifications and the inclination to teach. But they do not matter much in the larger scheme of things. Demand will far exceed supply unless the government provides incentives for either foreign language teachers to immigrate or existing teachers to learn languages to a high level. The government of UK has a history of importing, so-to-speak, medical professionals from abroad. It has in the past provided incentives for foreign doctors and nurses to immigrate and settle there. So, qualified persons can always be invited from abroad. However, in the current economic scenario, it is very unlikely that the government will increase immigration quotas. No matter what happens, I expect certain things to remain the same. Most students who learn will learn despite their teachers and not because of them. :) Edited by napoleon on 14 March 2012 at 3:05pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6274 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 12 of 19 15 March 2012 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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The trends in Britain at any rate have been to downgrade language teaching (I understand some time back that taking a language at school used to be compulsory but this was ended). In a time of economic crisis I don't expect this trend to be reversed.
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| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5018 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 13 of 19 15 March 2012 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
To paraphrase the inimitable Sir Humphrey Appleby: The Tories expect the rest of the world to learn English. Labour on the other hand tries to pass 'existing' (read: underqualified) foreign language teachers as the paragons of perfection. :D Its a vicious cycle really, and one with no end in sight. Napoleon Edited by napoleon on 15 March 2012 at 4:26pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5058 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 14 of 19 15 March 2012 at 3:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Then there must be excess of language teachers, not shortage. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5058 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 15 of 19 15 March 2012 at 4:27pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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If languages are taught less and less there must be more and more extra language
teachers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5834 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 16 of 19 15 March 2012 at 7:11pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
English secondary schools are judged on how well they are performing in league tables. One of the new criteria is the percentage of pupils who gain the English baccalaureate, which means achieving grade C or higher in Maths, English, Science, Geography or History and a Modern Foreign language. This has meant that schools which made the study of an MFL optional in recent years, are now making it compulsory again. Hence the need for more MFL teachers. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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