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究竟还有多少外行在当外教?国内外教调查：大多不靠谱 只“外”不会“教”
搜狐网
2016-10-03 23:19
家长：一个岗位两年换了9个人，大多不靠谱
业内承认：无资质"黑外教"的确不少
选择外教首先要确认其是否有相关资质证书和工作签证，别让“外来和尚”乱“念经”。
英国的儿童性侵逃犯竟然“潜伏”在北京做英语外教多年，这样的新闻引起轩然大波的同时，也让不少读者关心自己身边的洋外教是否靠谱?是否长着一张老外的脸就能当外教?洋外教的教师资格证从何而来?晨报记者日前就此展开多方调查。
记者了解到，即便是学校、培训机构里有资质的外教，也未必都靠谱。为了让孩子从小学好英文，上海妈妈王莹(化名)从两年前就开始聘请兼职外教，两年内请过10名外教，全部来自培训机构和公立学校，7个有资质，即便如此，有的外教也只会 “外” 不会“教”，有的说好来教的，却“放你鸽子”。
有的只会“外”不会“教”
王莹儿子今年5岁半,她一直很重视孩子的英文启蒙教育。一开始，她为孩子报读了一个英文培训机构，但是后来觉得在时间、花费上的性价比都不高，两年前，王莹决定自己在家里请外教。她通过朋友介绍找外教老师，来源锁定在英语培训机构或公立学校的国际部，大多有教学资质。后来，她还约了朋友和亲戚，一起让孩子们“拼班”学外语，很快，对外教的需求增加到两名。
不过，两年来，这两个外教的岗位出现了奇怪的反差。“一位外教一直坚持上课，但另外一位一直在换，现在已经换了第9个”。谈起这9位外教，王莹一肚子苦水要吐。“不同的外教，一本英语书可以教得很厚，也可以教得很薄”，外教的经验和态度差异之大，也让王莹深有感触。“有的外教没有教学经验，态度上也欠认真，似乎觉得就是来教中国孩子说外国话的，简单得很，基本不愿备课。”王莹就接触过这样只会“外”不会“教”的外教。“上课就是照着课本念英文，更谈不上系统性，时间一到，拿好钱就走人”，也有的外教态度认真，但是因为缺乏经验，上课比较无趣。
日常教学中，可以看出外教水平的高低。“讲到颜色的时候，有水平的外教，会把书上没有涉及的颜色都告诉小朋友，而且还会加入日常生活的内容，比如老师会问小朋友：‘房间里有几张红色的椅子?’这样就把数字和颜色融合在了一起。但是有的老师只是照本宣科，书上的单词读完了，就没有其他拓展了，很枯燥，小朋友没兴趣。”
记者在采访中发现，在一些英语培训机构中，也存在这样的情况。曾经有家长向记者抱怨，冲着“全外教”去报读某培训机构，但是外教既不会说中文，也不懂得怎么教英文，做游戏、学英语都是中国助教在手把手地教孩子，外教上课成了摆设。
有的还没上课就消失了
王莹找的外教中，还有3个甚至都没给孩子上过课。“前期沟通好了，等到上课的时候，就消失了。有一位女老师，之前全部联系好了，等到上第一节课，我上课前开车去地铁站接她，可是左等右等等不到人。”
手机不接，短信不回，王莹再通过介绍人联系，还是找不到，结果发现这位女外教所在的学校也同样在找。过一段时间后，大家才知道她已经悄无声息回自己国家了。“放鸽子”的情况并不少。“有位外教，临上课前，打电话来说身体不舒服不来了，第二次约上课，电话就打不通了，再联系上的时候，竟然说不想来了。”想着之前电邮、电话联络，驱车几个小时和老师见面沟通谈教材、上课方式、上课地点的交通、课程进度等等花费的大量时间、精力，王莹哭笑不得，“事先都谈好的，临到上课前轻飘飘一句‘不来了’，毫无责任地空留家长和孩子焦虑、等待。”
“找到好外教，要碰运气”
那位一直合作的外教来自加拿大。“他为人非常好，也很讲信用，每次都很认真地备课，你能看得出来，他不是来玩票的，不只是想赚钱，而是热爱教育，也愿意融入中国家庭中。”两年来，王莹和这位加拿大外教已经成了好朋友，“他邀请我到加拿大玩，我们也邀请他一起在国内玩。”最近，王莹刚刚邀请这位外教去浙江玩，“回上海的时候，我是开车回来的，他和宝宝乘动车，把孩子交给他我完全放心”。
说起这位加拿大外教，王莹赞不绝口，连称自己“撞了大运”。“现在好的外教并不好找，是要碰运气的。”通过两年的实践，王莹认为，目前国内特别是大城市的外教市场供不应求。“外教的工作机会太容易得到了，所以有些人并不会珍惜”。王莹告诉记者，现在上海外教的收入不低，以培训机构为例，月薪可达到12000元到15000元,资深的则在18000元到20000元。
王莹提醒家长，不管是请外教到家中来，还是到培训班上课，不仅要确认外教有相关资质证书和工作签证，还应事先和外教做好沟通和了解，最好外教在一定程度上了解中国文化，并且为人相对诚恳纯朴，这样才能更好地和孩子、家长沟通。
记者走访部分沪上培训机构及学校，外教招聘要查资格证书和警方记录
目前，上海的外教主要分布在英语培训机构以及大、中、小学，这些机构或者学校如何招聘外教?其中是否有审核、筛选机制?记者走访了沪上部分培训机构及高校。
英孚教育中国区教师招聘与培训高级副总裁StephenFarley告诉记者，目前该机构共有英语教师2000多名，外教主要来自美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、英国和南非。目前的招聘途径主要还是海外渠道，包括各类教育展会、招聘会和社交媒体等。该机构要求所有的外教首先符合中国规定的相关工作资格，包括拥有TEFL资格证书、本科及以上学历、相关教学工作经验。
为确保教学水平及相关品格，StephenFarley表示，该机构还会采取第三方背景调查，比如通过公共途径，获得应聘者所有公开的警方记录和证书资格认证确认，并要求参加并获得TKT剑桥教师资格证书。最终，外教的录取率约为4%。针对流动性较大的问题，英孚与外教签订第一次为一年的教学合同，在这一年中，外教将通过三次授课考察评估、通过三次绩效考核才可以继续留任。
业内人士指出，根据国家主管部门规定，外教必须有TESOL或TEFL证书，即从事语言教学的资格证书，但是目前很多机构的外教并不具备该证书。目前上海的英语培训机构竞争很激烈并且参差不齐，除一些实力雄厚的培训机构外，更多的培训班是“作坊式”教学。比如不遵循中国严格的签证要求，对外教资格不设门槛，也不设定高学术标准。有些培训机构根据经营情况，经常轮换外教。招聘来的外教只会说外语，完全没有接受过语法、听力、口语等方面的教学训练。有些外教不仅没有资质，还可能有口音不纯正、写错别字等问题。
对于培训机构外教经常更换的问题，业内人士分析，主要是因为签证时间受限，有的外教是来读研究生的，有的是来旅游的，签证到期都要回国。许多外教本身不是教育工作者，而是各行各业的工作者，一旦培训机构找到了工资成本更低的人，也会更换外教。
上海大学相关负责老师告诉记者，更倾向于聘用有教学经验的外籍教师，招聘时校方会仔细审查相关情况和教学资质，并从多方面确定该外教应聘者是否符合学校的定位和教学要求。
两种国际认可的外教资格证书
TEFL：全称是“Teaching English as a Foreign Language”(作为外语的英语教学)。起源于英国，是国际认可的通用英语教师资格证书之一。TESOL:全称是“Teaching English to Speakers ofOther Languages”(教授非英语人士英语)。起源于美国，全球公认的教授英语为第二语言教师职业资格证书。
How many foreigners are still in foreign teachers? Domestic and foreign education surveys: most are not reliable. Only "outside" will not "teach"
Sohu.com
2016-10-03 23:19
Parents: A post has changed 9 people in two years, most of which are not reliable.
The industry recognizes that there are indeed many unqualified "black foreign teachers"
The choice of foreign teachers must first confirm whether they have relevant qualification certificates and work visas, and do not let the "foreign monk" chaos "chanting".
The British child sexual assault fugitives have been "latently" doing English foreign teachers in Beijing for many years. This kind of news has caused a great uproar. It also makes many readers care whether the foreign teachers around them are reliable. Is it possible to have a foreigner's face? When the foreign teacher? Foreign teacher's teacher qualification certificate came from? Morning News reporter recently launched a multi-party investigation.
The reporter learned that even qualified foreign teachers in schools and training institutions may not be reliable. In order to make children good English from elementary school, Shanghai mother Wang Ying (pseudonym) has hired part-time foreign teachers since two years ago. In the past two years, she has invited 10 foreign teachers, all from training institutions and public schools. Seven are qualified. Even so, there are The foreign teachers will only "outside" and will not "teach". Some say that they are good to teach, but "put your pigeons."
Some will only "outside" and will not "teach"
Wang Ying’s son is 5 and a half years old. She has always attached great importance to her children’s English enlightenment education. At the beginning, she enrolled an English training institution for her children, but later felt that the time and cost were not high. Two years ago, Wang Ying decided to ask her to teach at home. She introduced a foreign teacher through a friend. The source is locked in the English training institution or the international department of the public school. Most of them have teaching qualifications. Later, she also made friends and relatives, let the children "study the class" to learn foreign languages, and soon, the demand for foreign teachers increased to two.
However, in the past two years, the two foreign teachers have had a strange contrast. "A foreign teacher has been insisting on class, but the other has been changing, and now has changed the ninth." Talking about these nine foreign teachers, Wang Ying had a bitter stomach to vomit. "Different foreign teachers, an English book can be taught very thick, but can also be taught very thin." The difference in experience and attitude of foreign teachers also makes Wang Ying deeply feel. "Some foreign teachers have no teaching experience and their attitudes are not serious. It seems that they are trying to teach Chinese children to speak foreign languages. They are very simple and basically do not want to prepare lessons." Wang Ying has been exposed to this and will only "outside" not " Teach the foreign teacher. "The class is to read English according to the textbook, but it is not systematic. When the time is up, take the money and leave." Some foreign teachers are serious, but because of lack of experience, class is more boring.
In daily teaching, you can see the level of foreign teachers. "When it comes to color, there is a level of foreign teachers who will tell the children about the colors not covered in the book, and will also add daily life content. For example, the teacher will ask the children: 'How many red chairs are there in the room?' This puts the numbers and colors together. But some teachers just follow the instructions, the words on the books are finished, there is no other expansion, it is boring, the children are not interested."
In the interview, the reporter found that in some English training institutions, there are also such situations. Some parents once complained to reporters about going to a training institution for "all foreign teachers", but foreign teachers can neither speak Chinese nor know how to teach English. Playing games and learning English are all taught by Chinese teaching assistants. Foreign teachers have become furnishings.
Some have disappeared without class.
Of the foreign teachers Wang Ying has found, three have not even given classes to their children. "The communication was good in the early stage. When I was in class, I disappeared. There was a female teacher who had all contacted before. When I went to the first class, I drove to the subway station to pick her up before class, but left and right, etc. To people."
The mobile phone did not pick up, the text message did not return, Wang Ying then contacted through the introducer, still could not find, and found that the school where the female foreign teacher is located is also looking for. After a while, everyone realized that she had quietly returned to her country. There are quite a few cases of "putting pigeons". "There was a foreign teacher. Before I went to class, I called and said that I was not feeling well. I was unable to get through the second time. The phone would not be able to get through. When I contacted, I even said that I didn't want to come." I contacted by phone and drove for a few hours to meet with the teacher to talk about the teaching materials, the way of class, the transportation of the class, the progress of the course, etc. Wang Ying was crying and laughing. "Before you talk about it, you will float before the class." If you don't come, you can leave your parents and children anxious and waiting without any responsibility."
"Find a good foreign teacher, take chances."
The foreign teacher who has been working together is from Canada. "He is very good and very credible. Every time he is very serious about preparing lessons, you can see that he is not coming to play tickets, not just to make money, but to love education and to be integrated into Chinese families." In the past two years, Wang Ying and the Canadian foreign teacher have become good friends. "He invited me to play in Canada. We also invited him to play in the country together." Recently, Wang Ying just invited the foreign teacher to play in Zhejiang, "Return to Shanghai." When I was driving back, he and his baby took the car and gave the child to him. I am completely at ease."
Speaking of the Canadian foreign teacher, Wang Ying is full of praise, even saying that he "crashed the Universiade." "Now a good foreign teacher is not easy to find, it is a matter of luck." After two years of practice, Wang Ying believes that the foreign education market in China, especially in big cities, is in short supply. "The job opportunities of foreign teachers are too easy to get, so some people will not cherish them." Wang Ying told reporters that the income of Shanghai Overseas Education is not low. Taking training institutions as an example, the monthly salary can reach 12,000 yuan to 15,000 yuan, while the senior ones are 18,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan.
Wang Ying reminded parents that whether they invite foreign teachers to come to their homes or attend classes for training courses, they must not only confirm that foreign teachers have relevant qualification certificates and work visas, but also communicate and understand with foreign teachers in advance. It is best for foreign teachers to understand to a certain extent. Chinese culture, and relatively honest and simple, so that we can better communicate with children and parents.
The reporter visited some training institutions and schools in Shanghai. Foreign teachers are required to check qualification certificates and police records.
At present, Shanghai's foreign teachers are mainly distributed in English training institutions as well as large, medium and primary schools. How do these institutions or schools recruit foreign teachers? Is there any review and screening mechanism? The reporters visited some training institutions and universities in Shanghai.
Stephen Farley, senior vice president of IELTS Education China Recruitment and Training, told reporters that there are currently more than 2,000 English teachers in the institution, mainly from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and South Africa. The current recruitment channels are mainly overseas channels, including various educational exhibitions, job fairs and social media. The institution requires all foreign teachers to first meet the relevant qualifications required by China, including TEFL qualifications, bachelor degree or above, and relevant teaching experience.
To ensure the level of teaching and related character, Stephen Farley said that the agency will also conduct third-party background checks, such as obtaining publicly available public police records and certificate qualifications through public channels, and requesting to participate in and obtain TKT Cambridge Teacher Certification. . In the end, the acceptance rate of foreign teachers is about 4%. In response to the problem of greater liquidity, EF signed a first-year teaching contract with foreign teachers. During the year, foreign teachers will continue to stay in office through three lectures and three performance appraisals.
According to industry insiders, according to the regulations of the competent national authorities, foreign teachers must have TESOL or TEFL certificates, that is, qualification certificates for language teaching. However, many foreign teachers do not have such certificates. At present, the competition of English-speaking institutions in Shanghai is fierce and uneven. Except for some powerful training institutions, more training courses are “shop-style” teaching. For example, if you do not follow China's strict visa requirements, there is no threshold for foreign language qualifications, nor high academic standards. Some training institutions often rotate foreign teachers according to their business conditions. The foreign teachers recruited can only speak foreign languages, and have not received any teaching or training in grammar, listening, and oral English. Some foreign teachers not only have no qualifications, but also may have problems such as impure accent and typos.
For the problem of frequent replacement of foreign teachers in training institutions, the analysis of the industry is mainly because the visa time is limited. Some foreign teachers are coming to graduate school, some are coming to travel, and the visas must be returned to China. Many foreign teachers are not educators themselves, but workers from all walks of life. Once the training institutions find people with lower wages, they will also change foreign teachers.
The relevant responsible teacher of Shanghai University told the reporter that it is more inclined to hire foreign teachers with teaching experience. When recruiting, the school will carefully review the relevant situation and teaching qualifications, and determine from various aspects whether the foreign teacher candidates meet the school's positioning and teaching requirements.
Two internationally recognized foreign teacher qualification certificates
TEFL: The full name is "Teaching English as a Foreign Language" (English as a foreign language). Originating in the UK, it is one of the internationally recognized general English teacher qualifications. TESOL: The full name is "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages". Originated in the United States, the globally recognized professor of English as a second language teacher professional qualification certificate.
究竟还有多少外行在当外教?国内外教调查：大多不靠谱 只“外”不会“教”
搜狐网
2016-10-03 23:19
家长：一个岗位两年换了9个人，大多不靠谱
业内承认：无资质"黑外教"的确不少
选择外教首先要确认其是否有相关资质证书和工作签证，别让“外来和尚”乱“念经”。
英国的儿童性侵逃犯竟然“潜伏”在北京做英语外教多年，这样的新闻引起轩然大波的同时，也让不少读者关心自己身边的洋外教是否靠谱?是否长着一张老外的脸就能当外教?洋外教的教师资格证从何而来?晨报记者日前就此展开多方调查。
记者了解到，即便是学校、培训机构里有资质的外教，也未必都靠谱。为了让孩子从小学好英文，上海妈妈王莹(化名)从两年前就开始聘请兼职外教，两年内请过10名外教，全部来自培训机构和公立学校，7个有资质，即便如此，有的外教也只会 “外” 不会“教”，有的说好来教的，却“放你鸽子”。
有的只会“外”不会“教”
王莹儿子今年5岁半,她一直很重视孩子的英文启蒙教育。一开始，她为孩子报读了一个英文培训机构，但是后来觉得在时间、花费上的性价比都不高，两年前，王莹决定自己在家里请外教。她通过朋友介绍找外教老师，来源锁定在英语培训机构或公立学校的国际部，大多有教学资质。后来，她还约了朋友和亲戚，一起让孩子们“拼班”学外语，很快，对外教的需求增加到两名。
不过，两年来，这两个外教的岗位出现了奇怪的反差。“一位外教一直坚持上课，但另外一位一直在换，现在已经换了第9个”。谈起这9位外教，王莹一肚子苦水要吐。“不同的外教，一本英语书可以教得很厚，也可以教得很薄”，外教的经验和态度差异之大，也让王莹深有感触。“有的外教没有教学经验，态度上也欠认真，似乎觉得就是来教中国孩子说外国话的，简单得很，基本不愿备课。”王莹就接触过这样只会“外”不会“教”的外教。“上课就是照着课本念英文，更谈不上系统性，时间一到，拿好钱就走人”，也有的外教态度认真，但是因为缺乏经验，上课比较无趣。
日常教学中，可以看出外教水平的高低。“讲到颜色的时候，有水平的外教，会把书上没有涉及的颜色都告诉小朋友，而且还会加入日常生活的内容，比如老师会问小朋友：‘房间里有几张红色的椅子?’这样就把数字和颜色融合在了一起。但是有的老师只是照本宣科，书上的单词读完了，就没有其他拓展了，很枯燥，小朋友没兴趣。”
记者在采访中发现，在一些英语培训机构中，也存在这样的情况。曾经有家长向记者抱怨，冲着“全外教”去报读某培训机构，但是外教既不会说中文，也不懂得怎么教英文，做游戏、学英语都是中国助教在手把手地教孩子，外教上课成了摆设。
有的还没上课就消失了
王莹找的外教中，还有3个甚至都没给孩子上过课。“前期沟通好了，等到上课的时候，就消失了。有一位女老师，之前全部联系好了，等到上第一节课，我上课前开车去地铁站接她，可是左等右等等不到人。”
手机不接，短信不回，王莹再通过介绍人联系，还是找不到，结果发现这位女外教所在的学校也同样在找。过一段时间后，大家才知道她已经悄无声息回自己国家了。“放鸽子”的情况并不少。“有位外教，临上课前，打电话来说身体不舒服不来了，第二次约上课，电话就打不通了，再联系上的时候，竟然说不想来了。”想着之前电邮、电话联络，驱车几个小时和老师见面沟通谈教材、上课方式、上课地点的交通、课程进度等等花费的大量时间、精力，王莹哭笑不得，“事先都谈好的，临到上课前轻飘飘一句‘不来了’，毫无责任地空留家长和孩子焦虑、等待。”
“找到好外教，要碰运气”
那位一直合作的外教来自加拿大。“他为人非常好，也很讲信用，每次都很认真地备课，你能看得出来，他不是来玩票的，不只是想赚钱，而是热爱教育，也愿意融入中国家庭中。”两年来，王莹和这位加拿大外教已经成了好朋友，“他邀请我到加拿大玩，我们也邀请他一起在国内玩。”最近，王莹刚刚邀请这位外教去浙江玩，“回上海的时候，我是开车回来的，他和宝宝乘动车，把孩子交给他我完全放心”。
说起这位加拿大外教，王莹赞不绝口，连称自己“撞了大运”。“现在好的外教并不好找，是要碰运气的。”通过两年的实践，王莹认为，目前国内特别是大城市的外教市场供不应求。“外教的工作机会太容易得到了，所以有些人并不会珍惜”。王莹告诉记者，现在上海外教的收入不低，以培训机构为例，月薪可达到12000元到15000元,资深的则在18000元到20000元。
王莹提醒家长，不管是请外教到家中来，还是到培训班上课，不仅要确认外教有相关资质证书和工作签证，还应事先和外教做好沟通和了解，最好外教在一定程度上了解中国文化，并且为人相对诚恳纯朴，这样才能更好地和孩子、家长沟通。
记者走访部分沪上培训机构及学校，外教招聘要查资格证书和警方记录
目前，上海的外教主要分布在英语培训机构以及大、中、小学，这些机构或者学校如何招聘外教?其中是否有审核、筛选机制?记者走访了沪上部分培训机构及高校。
英孚教育中国区教师招聘与培训高级副总裁StephenFarley告诉记者，目前该机构共有英语教师2000多名，外教主要来自美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、英国和南非。目前的招聘途径主要还是海外渠道，包括各类教育展会、招聘会和社交媒体等。该机构要求所有的外教首先符合中国规定的相关工作资格，包括拥有TEFL资格证书、本科及以上学历、相关教学工作经验。
为确保教学水平及相关品格，StephenFarley表示，该机构还会采取第三方背景调查，比如通过公共途径，获得应聘者所有公开的警方记录和证书资格认证确认，并要求参加并获得TKT剑桥教师资格证书。最终，外教的录取率约为4%。针对流动性较大的问题，英孚与外教签订第一次为一年的教学合同，在这一年中，外教将通过三次授课考察评估、通过三次绩效考核才可以继续留任。
业内人士指出，根据国家主管部门规定，外教必须有TESOL或TEFL证书，即从事语言教学的资格证书，但是目前很多机构的外教并不具备该证书。目前上海的英语培训机构竞争很激烈并且参差不齐，除一些实力雄厚的培训机构外，更多的培训班是“作坊式”教学。比如不遵循中国严格的签证要求，对外教资格不设门槛，也不设定高学术标准。有些培训机构根据经营情况，经常轮换外教。招聘来的外教只会说外语，完全没有接受过语法、听力、口语等方面的教学训练。有些外教不仅没有资质，还可能有口音不纯正、写错别字等问题。
对于培训机构外教经常更换的问题，业内人士分析，主要是因为签证时间受限，有的外教是来读研究生的，有的是来旅游的，签证到期都要回国。许多外教本身不是教育工作者，而是各行各业的工作者，一旦培训机构找到了工资成本更低的人，也会更换外教。
上海大学相关负责老师告诉记者，更倾向于聘用有教学经验的外籍教师，招聘时校方会仔细审查相关情况和教学资质，并从多方面确定该外教应聘者是否符合学校的定位和教学要求。
两种国际认可的外教资格证书
TEFL：全称是“Teaching English as a Foreign Language”(作为外语的英语教学)。起源于英国，是国际认可的通用英语教师资格证书之一。TESOL:全称是“Teaching English to Speakers ofOther Languages”(教授非英语人士英语)。起源于美国，全球公认的教授英语为第二语言教师职业资格证书。
How many foreigners are still in foreign teachers? Domestic and foreign education surveys: most are not reliable. Only "outside" will not "teach"
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2016-10-03 23:19
Parents: A post has changed 9 people in two years, most of which are not reliable.
The industry recognizes that there are indeed many unqualified "black foreign teachers"
The choice of foreign teachers must first confirm whether they have relevant qualification certificates and work visas, and do not let the "foreign monk" chaos "chanting".
The British child sexual assault fugitives have been "latently" doing English foreign teachers in Beijing for many years. This kind of news has caused a great uproar. It also makes many readers care whether the foreign teachers around them are reliable. Is it possible to have a foreigner's face? When the foreign teacher? Foreign teacher's teacher qualification certificate came from? Morning News reporter recently launched a multi-party investigation.
The reporter learned that even qualified foreign teachers in schools and training institutions may not be reliable. In order to make children good English from elementary school, Shanghai mother Wang Ying (pseudonym) has hired part-time foreign teachers since two years ago. In the past two years, she has invited 10 foreign teachers, all from training institutions and public schools. Seven are qualified. Even so, there are The foreign teachers will only "outside" and will not "teach". Some say that they are good to teach, but "put your pigeons."
Some will only "outside" and will not "teach"
Wang Ying’s son is 5 and a half years old. She has always attached great importance to her children’s English enlightenment education. At the beginning, she enrolled an English training institution for her children, but later felt that the time and cost were not high. Two years ago, Wang Ying decided to ask her to teach at home. She introduced a foreign teacher through a friend. The source is locked in the English training institution or the international department of the public school. Most of them have teaching qualifications. Later, she also made friends and relatives, let the children "study the class" to learn foreign languages, and soon, the demand for foreign teachers increased to two.
However, in the past two years, the two foreign teachers have had a strange contrast. "A foreign teacher has been insisting on class, but the other has been changing, and now has changed the ninth." Talking about these nine foreign teachers, Wang Ying had a bitter stomach to vomit. "Different foreign teachers, an English book can be taught very thick, but can also be taught very thin." The difference in experience and attitude of foreign teachers also makes Wang Ying deeply feel. "Some foreign teachers have no teaching experience and their attitudes are not serious. It seems that they are trying to teach Chinese children to speak foreign languages. They are very simple and basically do not want to prepare lessons." Wang Ying has been exposed to this and will only "outside" not " Teach the foreign teacher. "The class is to read English according to the textbook, but it is not systematic. When the time is up, take the money and leave." Some foreign teachers are serious, but because of lack of experience, class is more boring.
In daily teaching, you can see the level of foreign teachers. "When it comes to color, there is a level of foreign teachers who will tell the children about the colors not covered in the book, and will also add daily life content. For example, the teacher will ask the children: 'How many red chairs are there in the room?' This puts the numbers and colors together. But some teachers just follow the instructions, the words on the books are finished, there is no other expansion, it is boring, the children are not interested."
In the interview, the reporter found that in some English training institutions, there are also such situations. Some parents once complained to reporters about going to a training institution for "all foreign teachers", but foreign teachers can neither speak Chinese nor know how to teach English. Playing games and learning English are all taught by Chinese teaching assistants. Foreign teachers have become furnishings.
Some have disappeared without class.
Of the foreign teachers Wang Ying has found, three have not even given classes to their children. "The communication was good in the early stage. When I was in class, I disappeared. There was a female teacher who had all contacted before. When I went to the first class, I drove to the subway station to pick her up before class, but left and right, etc. To people."
The mobile phone did not pick up, the text message did not return, Wang Ying then contacted through the introducer, still could not find, and found that the school where the female foreign teacher is located is also looking for. After a while, everyone realized that she had quietly returned to her country. There are quite a few cases of "putting pigeons". "There was a foreign teacher. Before I went to class, I called and said that I was not feeling well. I was unable to get through the second time. The phone would not be able to get through. When I contacted, I even said that I didn't want to come." I contacted by phone and drove for a few hours to meet with the teacher to talk about the teaching materials, the way of class, the transportation of the class, the progress of the course, etc. Wang Ying was crying and laughing. "Before you talk about it, you will float before the class." If you don't come, you can leave your parents and children anxious and waiting without any responsibility."
"Find a good foreign teacher, take chances."
The foreign teacher who has been working together is from Canada. "He is very good and very credible. Every time he is very serious about preparing lessons, you can see that he is not coming to play tickets, not just to make money, but to love education and to be integrated into Chinese families." In the past two years, Wang Ying and the Canadian foreign teacher have become good friends. "He invited me to play in Canada. We also invited him to play in the country together." Recently, Wang Ying just invited the foreign teacher to play in Zhejiang, "Return to Shanghai." When I was driving back, he and his baby took the car and gave the child to him. I am completely at ease."
Speaking of the Canadian foreign teacher, Wang Ying is full of praise, even saying that he "crashed the Universiade." "Now a good foreign teacher is not easy to find, it is a matter of luck." After two years of practice, Wang Ying believes that the foreign education market in China, especially in big cities, is in short supply. "The job opportunities of foreign teachers are too easy to get, so some people will not cherish them." Wang Ying told reporters that the income of Shanghai Overseas Education is not low. Taking training institutions as an example, the monthly salary can reach 12,000 yuan to 15,000 yuan, while the senior ones are 18,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan.
Wang Ying reminded parents that whether they invite foreign teachers to come to their homes or attend classes for training courses, they must not only confirm that foreign teachers have relevant qualification certificates and work visas, but also communicate and understand with foreign teachers in advance. It is best for foreign teachers to understand to a certain extent. Chinese culture, and relatively honest and simple, so that we can better communicate with children and parents.
The reporter visited some training institutions and schools in Shanghai. Foreign teachers are required to check qualification certificates and police records.
At present, Shanghai's foreign teachers are mainly distributed in English training institutions as well as large, medium and primary schools. How do these institutions or schools recruit foreign teachers? Is there any review and screening mechanism? The reporters visited some training institutions and universities in Shanghai.
Stephen Farley, senior vice president of IELTS Education China Recruitment and Training, told reporters that there are currently more than 2,000 English teachers in the institution, mainly from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and South Africa. The current recruitment channels are mainly overseas channels, including various educational exhibitions, job fairs and social media. The institution requires all foreign teachers to first meet the relevant qualifications required by China, including TEFL qualifications, bachelor degree or above, and relevant teaching experience.
To ensure the level of teaching and related character, Stephen Farley said that the agency will also conduct third-party background checks, such as obtaining publicly available public police records and certificate qualifications through public channels, and requesting to participate in and obtain TKT Cambridge Teacher Certification. . In the end, the acceptance rate of foreign teachers is about 4%. In response to the problem of greater liquidity, EF signed a first-year teaching contract with foreign teachers. During the year, foreign teachers will continue to stay in office through three lectures and three performance appraisals.
According to industry insiders, according to the regulations of the competent national authorities, foreign teachers must have TESOL or TEFL certificates, that is, qualification certificates for language teaching. However, many foreign teachers do not have such certificates. At present, the competition of English-speaking institutions in Shanghai is fierce and uneven. Except for some powerful training institutions, more training courses are “shop-style” teaching. For example, if you do not follow China's strict visa requirements, there is no threshold for foreign language qualifications, nor high academic standards. Some training institutions often rotate foreign teachers according to their business conditions. The foreign teachers recruited can only speak foreign languages, and have not received any teaching or training in grammar, listening, and oral English. Some foreign teachers not only have no qualifications, but also may have problems such as impure accent and typos.
For the problem of frequent replacement of foreign teachers in training institutions, the analysis of the industry is mainly because the visa time is limited. Some foreign teachers are coming to graduate school, some are coming to travel, and the visas must be returned to China. Many foreign teachers are not educators themselves, but workers from all walks of life. Once the training institutions find people with lower wages, they will also change foreign teachers.
The relevant responsible teacher of Shanghai University told the reporter that it is more inclined to hire foreign teachers with teaching experience. When recruiting, the school will carefully review the relevant situation and teaching qualifications, and determine from various aspects whether the foreign teacher candidates meet the school's positioning and teaching requirements.
Two internationally recognized foreign teacher qualification certificates
TEFL: The full name is "Teaching English as a Foreign Language" (English as a foreign language). Originating in the UK, it is one of the internationally recognized general English teacher qualifications. TESOL: The full name is "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages". Originated in the United States, the globally recognized professor of English as a second language teacher professional qualification certificate.
