I'm often dumbfounded as to why some language schools and companies that outsource English teachers, have their own inhouse text books. I'm very against this because:
- It's reinventing the wheel
- A language school cannot compete with the likes of Cambridge or Oxford Press or the other great text book publishers. Off the shelf text books contain beautiful illustrations and carefully thought and proofread lessons.
- It's a big time waster for language schools. Shouldn't they be more concerned with training teachers and increasing student numbers?
I know the reason why these schools and outsourcing companies use inhouse text. It's a major sales point.
"We have developed our own inhouse text to cater to students' needs." As far as I see, this their main motivator for going down this path.
Students and customers should start to wake up and tell these time wasting schools not to develop such inferior text to bore our students with.
Appreciate everyone's feedback. I've also posted a poll with this thread.
Thanks for reading.
