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BBC Article: Language Teachers needed
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JimC
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13 March 2012 at 7:45pm | IP Logged

Language Teachers needed UK

Edited by Fasulye on 14 March 2012 at 6:29am
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14 March 2012 at 1:15am | IP Logged

This is fantastic news, if true. The decline in kids even taking GCSE modern languages
has been rapid and disastrous. I know for a fact that without taking GCSE French I never
would have tried to learn another language.

I had no idea the Bac was catching on in the UK to this extent. I guess maths will be on
the increase after 16, too.
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14 March 2012 at 10:54am | IP Logged

What's the problem? They have plenty of native speakers of other languages and they can
invite qualified teachers from abroad.
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14 March 2012 at 11:26am | IP Logged

Yet the numbers of English people who actually speak a language other than English are low, unless they're immigrants.
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14 March 2012 at 11:46am | IP Logged

Immigrants, generally, fall into two categories:
1. Skilled: Like nurses, doctors, engineers, other professionals. Most, if not all, immigrate legally.
2. Unskilled: Most work odd labour-intensive jobs. Many enter the country illegally.
Now heres the catch:
Those of the first group usually have well paying jobs and will generally not consider teaching.
Those of the second group are usually not educated enough to teach others. Even if they could, most would probably be deported.
Napoleon

Edited by napoleon on 14 March 2012 at 11:53am
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14 March 2012 at 12:18pm | IP Logged

Teach in a school in England? Yuck, yuck, yuck (and I actually am a language teacher -
English as a foreign language). I can still remember my schooldays and how rubbish my
school was/the students were.
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14 March 2012 at 12:47pm | IP Logged

crafedog wrote:

Teach in a school in England? Yuck, yuck, yuck (and I actually am a
language teacher -
English as a foreign language). I can still remember my schooldays and how rubbish my
school was/the students were.

What was wrong?
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14 March 2012 at 12:49pm | IP Logged

napoleon wrote:

Immigrants, generally, fall into two categories:
1. Skilled: Like nurses, doctors, engineers, other professionals. Most, if not all,
immigrate legally.
2. Unskilled: Most work odd labour-intensive jobs. Many enter the country illegally.
Now heres the catch:
Those of the first group usually have well paying jobs and will generally not consider
teaching.
Those of the second group are usually not educated enough to teach others. Even if they
could, most would probably be deported.
Napoleon

No, there are a lot of people with high education and there are philologists among
them. Even skilled workers do not often have a job.
They can be invited from abroad.

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