Comments on: English-teaching superstars

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:47:10 +0000

Hello!
This is fascinating! I had no idea it was to this level!

I am an English language teacher from the U.S. and I taught in SE Asia last year. When people from the community found out I was a teacher, I was so surprised at how much respect I was given based (it seemed) on my profession. It really motivated me to do a good job for their students.

It was great being a teacher there, but the best part was how wonderful the students were. They were very motivated and worked so hard to improve. It’s the best job in the world to be a teacher of a motivated student!

By: Hottest English teaching method | Language on the Move

Hottest English teaching method | Language on the Move — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:27:33 +0000

[…] In my previous post, I discussed the celebrity status of star teachers in Taiwan. Although their good looks and personality do play a key role in a star teacher’s popularity, this is only part of the story. These star teachers also possess the knowledge, skills and abilities to teach students in a way that helps them reach their goals. Interestingly, they usually do not employ the much-lauded Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach when they teach nor do they follow the monolingual English-Only Immersion Method. These teachers prefer to use more traditional and local approaches, such as grammar-translation and/or teacher-centered methods. This is due to the fact that the purpose of language teaching in cram schools is different. […]

By: Agnes Gy

Agnes Gy — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:35:29 +0000

I agree that these intellectual people should be given recognition and Native English Teachers must copy their good example ,because even English Native speakers doesn’t observe grammatical rules sometimes.

By: Nasir Abbas Mastoi

Nasir Abbas Mastoi — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:46:18 +0000

If Japan, Thailand and the countries like these want only WHITE native English speaking teachers then this idea of racism is highly condemnable. The countries like them should understand that the world is getting free every passing day from the clutches of racism. Teachers are teachers, they are meant to impart knowledge to their students, they are never sexual appealing entity. They should provide equal opportunities to the teachers of all races and countires. I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE STUPID IDEA WHY PEOPLE LIKE ONLY WHITE SKIN?????????????? IS BANKI-MOON REPRESENTING ONLY ONE RACE AT THE UNO???

By: Jackie Chang

Jackie Chang — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:43:58 +0000

In reply to ICAL TEFL. Thanks for your comments. Amazing is right. The celebrity status of star teachers and their popularity does seem to be skin deep. Without their looks these teachers would not be able to pull in the students into the buxiban. Still, it is interesting to note, that although a lot of their popularity is premised on their good looks and charisma, many of these teachers do in fact have the a lot on the ball when it comes to actual teaching.

By: ICAL TEFL

ICAL TEFL — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:48:48 +0000

This is amazing really and something I personally was not aware of. Amazing and a bit silly as well. Are they actually good teachers? Better teachers than those around them? Do their students learn faster and more accurately? Of course not… just another symptom of a celebrity obsessed society I suppose which makes this rather sad.