Accreditation
Pays Dividends . . . .
Get the Red Tag!
There are 30-50 students for every teacher. Students are becoming more and more aware that not all teachers are able to perform the same. Some teachers have received ESL/TEFL training to teach English, others hold a language degree and are fully able to teach incrementally and to gain real advances for their students.
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THERE ARE MANY UNQUALIFIED TEACHERS WHO SIMPLY ONLY KNOW HOW TO CHAT.
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THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF FORMING ASERIES OF LESSON PLANS.
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SOME, SAY THEY'RE 'ENGLISH TEACHERS' BUT CAN'T EVEN IDENTIFY ADVERBS, ADJECTIVES AND ARTICLES.
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Others have no training, cannot work out any grammatical issues; cannot progress efficiently and only provide 'chat' sessions, while hoping the student will do all the work to develop his own English progress. It is important for students to know if their teacher is a qualified and accredited teacher, or if their teacher is only a chat companion.
BUT LET'S BE CLEAR: There's nothing wrong with being a fluent English speaker and chatting to assist students to speak better.
Tell everyone you are qualified by obtaining the ACCREDITATION SYMBOL next to your listing.
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Teachers of non-English subjects do not fall into the above categorization at all and here are not being defined at all.
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If you are a student, it is good advice to select English language teachers who show the 'Red Tag' on their listings - as this signifies they have taken and passed the TeacherTeacher.Asia criteria, which is required before a Red Tag will be issued and displayed against their listing.
What's Needed?
A RED TAG
Red Tag Teachers will not appear in any top-page position, except where some other profile entry aspect causes this.
A RED TAG
You can now find all ACCREDITED TEACHERS by using the 'Accredited' search button, see here.
A RED TAG
Shows you are a trained English language teacher (teaching English or another subject), with accepted skills to do this work.
What's Available!
There are different types of online teacher. Here are 5 categories, that do exist, but we are sure you could define a lot more.
If you were a student would you be content to be taught by someone in category 1., when others in the other categories, are available at the same cost and conditions? What do you think about this?
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1. Non-native speakers who speak poorly and want to teach English as a career.
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2. Non-native speakers who speak from adequately to excellently and want to teach English as a career.
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3. Those who are proficient speaking English (both native and non-native) who understand the language very well and are capable of holding an online job.
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4. English speakers (as in 2.) who have undertaken a TEFL or equivalent online training. understand the complexities of grammar and use the techniques learned to teach English online.
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5. Teachers (as in 3.) who have been able to apply TEFL or equivalent learning techniques and have used them and been trained and supervised in an online or in person class situation and have perfected those skills.
Let us know what you think?
A lot can be said about online teachers. So many are now getting into this lucrative career. Many are regretfully hugely unqualified of course, and are being used by Thai students who are unaware of the teacher's lack of qualifications and skills.
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Fortunately most online teachers in Thailand are reputable people, who've taken the time to receive training via an TEFL or similar course.
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ESL/EFL/TEFL (etc.) training is not enough in itself however to make a teacher really qualified. When you go through a TEFL course book - whether online or offline - you can gain a lot of knowledge. Knowledge is information. It's acquired through sensory input: reading, watching and listening. Knowledge refers to factual information and theoretical concepts.
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That’s step one in teacher training. But new teachers need more. They still need teaching skills.​Skills refer to applied knowledge to specific situations. Skills are developed through practice.
Putting it simply, knowledge is theoretical and skills are practical.
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​AN ANALOGY: You can know all the rules of a sport, know its key procedures and techniques and when to use them, but this only makes you knowledgeable about the sport; it does not make you any good at it. To become good at a sport you must play it, practice its techniques - and improve your skills through practice.
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A would-be qualified teacher has to practice, this is where knowledge is transformed into teaching skills.
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More reading on this can be had here. TeacherTeacher.Asia does not have any connection with English Advantage but does see their work in Thailand as admirable.
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