Wednesday, May 24, 2006
ESL in Foreign Lands- Thailand
I recently came across this post by Dustin Javorsky regarding the ESL industry in Thailand:
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/73/Teaching_ESL_In_Thailand.html
It's interesting because he discerns a common problem affecting the industry: locals taking it over and treating it like any other cashcow business, trying to satisfy customers with any foreign face they can throw in a classroom. Ahh, the good times in Taiwan which this evokes! Dustin's solution is regulation. This idea is only as good as the regulators and the enforcers. Personally, I favor it because it's great for the ESL teachers. After all, when the supply of a service is regulated/controlled/decreased, the demand inevitably escalates. For the remaining teachers this brings on higher rates and better gigs. What's not to like?
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/73/Teaching_ESL_In_Thailand.html
It's interesting because he discerns a common problem affecting the industry: locals taking it over and treating it like any other cashcow business, trying to satisfy customers with any foreign face they can throw in a classroom. Ahh, the good times in Taiwan which this evokes! Dustin's solution is regulation. This idea is only as good as the regulators and the enforcers. Personally, I favor it because it's great for the ESL teachers. After all, when the supply of a service is regulated/controlled/decreased, the demand inevitably escalates. For the remaining teachers this brings on higher rates and better gigs. What's not to like?
