a little english help

[TLATOANI]

It is a four year degree from a university.

ohh nice

mine too

we are LICENCIADOS :P

and in what can you work with that degree?

 

[AndThePickles]

I want to become a Technical Writer/Editor, which involves a LOT of proper grammar and writing, as well as research. The United State's economy and job market is terrible right now, though, so I haven't been able to get a job in my field, yet.

 

[TLATOANI]

ohhh

mmm right now i am an english teacher but i want to be a teacher in the USA...

are you like a writer or something like that?

 

[AndThePickles]

Hopefully in a year the job market will be better and you won't have any trouble getting a job here.

I write and edit, but not "creative writing." It's more research-related for large companies...at least that's what I WANT to do as my career.

 

[TLATOANI]

ohhh

mmm right now i am an english teacher but i want to be a teacher in the USA...

are you like a writer or something like that?

 

[Metamorpho1977]

i ain't no idiot i know have a lot to learn

And you want to teach kids English and Grammar?

 

[TLATOANI]

And you want to teach kids English and Grammar?

dos things for you

1.- read the whole thread please cuzz i said that i won't be a teacher right now i'll wait a year to learn all the grammar that i can

2.- I AIN'T is like an expression that you people use and i like to use it that shows that i know the language expressions if you don't believe me well...that your problem

i know that it is suppose to say I AM NOT AN IDIOT

something else?

 

[PLAS]

it's always fun to poke fun at my little brother's friends.... but here it goes

first a little explainin: Harmon Hall is amongst Mexico's most prestigious language institutes, I worked there for 8 years and they had us teachers on continuous training and updating, we had to score over 600 points on TOEFL exams they'd apply every six months, so as to to maintain QC certification standards, so take it from me, it's a very good school, and I personally made more than a few people bilingual, so I do advice you take courses there, heck, my wife is teaching there

now to your teaching project

as a Texas Certified Bilingual Social Studies teacher from 8th to 12th grade, lemme tell you a little bit about the Valley's school districts' policies on foreign teachers:

several years ago, the Rio Grande Valley area (which borders with the town we live in) had an all time shortage of teachers, so they opened applications for Mexican teachers, the only condition is that you had to learn English or be bilingual.

thing is, that unlike the US, here in Mexico, Pedagogy is a bona fide and very popular career choice, given the Federalized basic school system, teachers here are thoroughly trained in the latest pedagogical tools and approaches... hence we've got some very good teachers here... and some that suck, but that's a given in any area

this outsourcing program lured some of the finest talents in the area to the RGV's school districts, where they just had to revalidate their college curriculum or something like that, and take a pedagogy course, in which they all excelled and a subsequent specialty test, which most of us aced.

the problem began when these newly certified teachers, who were given a one year internship before giving them a full time position, started getting their positions before the year was up, some of them even rose to administration positions in months, to the general displeasure of some native teachers who had been waiting for years for such positions

guess what happened? as soon as enough of those not-so-happy people got promotions they changed the standards so that if Mexican teachers wanted to apply in their school districts, they'd just deny them work visa permits and send them over to other ISDs in the Houston, Dallas and San Antonio areas, getting to an "if you want a job, you're not getting it here" kinda of policy

hence, the latter comers to these certifications, such as myself, were barred from getting a teaching job across the border, although I still get calls and emails from ISD's in Bexar county, Houston and the like to get me to work there, but alas, they won't take my family with me. so in my case is a no go

what I would advice here is get better at the language and apply, you might get offers where you'd have to move from here, but it will be worth it

and please, DO GET BETTER AT IT, it's been 5 years and your skills have not improved much, and this is not an insult or an attack, I'm just telling you as someone with 14 years of experience teaching the language: you've got a lot of work to do, but nothing you can't achieve

so there you have it

 

[PLAS]

oh, and try to read, write, listen and speak more english, it's not that difficult living in a border town, I became bilingual just by watching saturday morning cartoons and HBO in the 80's

 

[TLATOANI]

actually the only problem that i have is the grammar cuz i can read, talk and understand thanks to the FOX-WARNER CHANNEL INSTITUTE :P

pablo told me something about you getting a job in the U.S and that you didn't pass some test............ that scared the crap out of me cuz i know that you are bilingual

and yes I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN AND A LOT OF WORK TO DO but i have the advantage that i am already an english teacher in elementary school and my co-workers help out

i came here asking for some websites whit exercizes to get a little help

now...i just want to know....IS IT POSIBLE TO TEACH OVERTHERE IF I PASS THE TOELF?

 

[PLAS]

you can look for Second Language Acquisition activity websites, just type SLA activities, browse around and check your level

about your grammar, the only advice I can think of is read more. read a lot, read books, read novels, read technical manuals, whatever sparks your interest

that should help your writing skills more than all the grammar books you can come across

 

[TLATOANI]

can someone use WHOM in a sentence please?

i don't know what that means :P

 

[Erzengel]

Who and whom are practically the same like using I or me. Who is usually the subject performing an action, Who is going? Whom is usually the object that the action is being done. Tlatoani is a poster of whom I'm speaking to.

 

[BillyZaned]

I want to become a Technical Writer/Editor, which involves a LOT of proper grammar and writing, as well as research. The United State's economy and job market is terrible right now, though, so I haven't been able to get a job in my field, yet.

you live in Milwaukee... Harley is hiring for a technical writter... my uncle works for them, and he was telling me that they are still hiring

 

[Shemtov]

Antes de empezar, quiero decir que mi gramática española es peor que la gramática Inglés, así que espero que usted pueda entender esto.
Enseñe a los niños a la escuela elementery debe conocer la diferencia entre "quién" y "quién" en un instante. Es de suponer que tendrá 10 o 15 años para llegar a este punto.
Obtener un título en educación secundaria, pasar 3 o 4 años en su gramática Inglés y usted podría ser una escuela de profesores de español.
También, asegúrese de que el inmigrante legal. Se necesita más trabajo, pero se puede hacer más dinero, y yo no creo que se pueda conseguir un trabajo en una escuela pública si usted es un extranjero ilegal.

 

[TLATOANI]

i am not ilegal

i would be getting a mm....WORK VISA or something like that

100% legal

 

[PLAS]

thing is, first you've got to build a strong resume, so as to get them really interested in them actually wanting you SO much that they will actually feel interested in going through all the red tape that hiring a Mexican means, which is a lot

but like I said, just work hard and build a strong resume

 

[TLATOANI]

yeah that's what i would like to do

BTW i saw you today in HARMON HALL i was the kid inside the room with the computers :P

i am in Level 3

i got 42 of 44 in the test

do you know the UDAVINCI ?

 

[TLATOANI]

YEAH MY FIRST DAY IN THE COURSE

it was great cuzz they were all surprise that i was capable of skip the first to levels

My teacher told that i have a great accent and i speak with a good level we had a quiz and i got 48 points out of 50

not bad not bad at all

 

[C. Lee]

ok ...now you people are starting to insult me with out provocation.....


but i don't really see why you are attacking me this way :S

Maybe they remember when your every post was about how much you hated The United States and the Americans who resided here.

 

[TLATOANI]

Maybe they remember when your every post was about how much you hated The United States and the Americans who resided here.

NO, they were about how much i hated the actions of the US goverment i never wrote a word about that people actually one of my best friend is an amercian citizen

 

[AndThePickles]

you live in Milwaukee... Harley is hiring for a technical writter... my uncle works for them, and he was telling me that they are still hiring

Haha, I don't live in Milwaukee.

 

[ObakeTora]

damn two pages of this and no face palm pic yet?

 

[TLATOANI]

is that an exprssion? i didn't get it :confuse:

HEY I PLAY MAFIA WARS TOO XD

 

[Tsunulia]

This is a facepalm Tlat

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