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Mon 02-Oct-06, 07:57 PM
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| ESL Newbie  Join Date: Oct 2006 Nationality: Filipino Occupation: data controller Location: 
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  | whew!!! Whew!!! Frankly, this is my first time to visit this site. I am also aspiring to become an English teacher in a foreign land. However, I do not have a formal training in this kind of job. Nevertheless, I am confident that I could do the job for the following reasons. First, since elementary until college days we were trained to speak and write in English language. Our subjects in school were taught in English. In fact, English is one of the official language in our county and all our laws are promulgated and written in English. Secondly, in our office where I am working now, all correspondence and documents are prepared and written also in English. You would also be suprised to know that here in the Philippines, popular newspapers and magazines are also published in English. Thirdly, I firmly believe that we, Filipinos could easily adapt in foreign land and the proof of this is that our country is one of the greatest contributors of foreign workers. |
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Tue 03-Oct-06, 12:59 AM
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| Senior Guru   Join Date: Jun 2005 Nationality: Australian Occupation: English Teacher Location: 
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| Filipinos teaching English After reading your post, seems like you have a very good grasp of English. BUT, written English and spoken English are 2 different things. When you are in the classroom, you are speaking English. You will engage in more spoken English than written English when overseas teaching. So, is your accent clean enough? If I spoke to you on the phone, would I be able to tell you are Filipina or not? You see, schools REALLY want native English speakers. Sorry to be a party pooper.  |
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Tue 03-Oct-06, 10:56 AM
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| ESL Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Nationality: Filipino Occupation: data controller Location:
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| you have a point Yes, accent is quite important in spoken English. I'm just wondering ... Americans, Australians, Canadians, British, etc. are English speaking people, yet they do have different accent. I don't pretend to be a master of English language. What I understand is that English is a dynamic language. It is changing as time goes by - including accent. How many people do you think that are still using or that has an accent similar to that of what we call "King James Version" style? By the way, I'm not a Filipina. Im a Filipino. A male. Thanks for providing me some insights regarding teaching English. More power to you! |
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Tue 03-Oct-06, 12:02 PM
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| Senior Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Nationality: Australian Occupation: English Teacher Location:
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| Filipina or Filipino Well supported facts hak0ne. Just found out the difference between a Filipina and Filipino? A Filipina is a Filipino woman or girl. Howabout that... interesting. Best of luck with things. |
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