teaching english

[Jerome Scuggs]

thx for the info, it was definitely useful

@TK/fit - yeah, i never really picked up the accent, though i'm sure i use alot of words that might be a local/southern thing, but who doesn't

@Gall/SEAL - thanks bunches!

[Ward]

Because a Major in English only teaches you about grammar, writing essays and reports. It's not like you have to learn about the History of English, the classics when it comes to books, the development of English and whatever else they teach.. teaching English is only grammar, pronunciation and writing essays. You're so right..

Enough of your lame sarcasm, you buffoon, you aren't good at it. Perhaps I missed out the development of oral presentation skills and other synergic aspects of it, such as phonetics. Either way, the oral skills autonomously develop in any other area you study in college/university. I, for example, have to do a certain portion of formal business presentations per semester, to obtain the credit. All I'm trying to say is that you don't need to be an English major to be better at the language than the rest.

[Jerome Scuggs]

Enough of your lame sarcasm, you buffoon, you aren't good at it. Perhaps I missed out the development of oral presentation skills and other synergic aspects of it, such as phonetics. Either way, the oral skills autonomously develop in any other area you study in college/university. I, for example, have to do a certain portion of formal business presentations per semester, to obtain the credit. All I'm trying to say is that you don't need to be an English major to be better at the language than the rest.

Same can be said of business majors, bro

[Ward]

I don't think you study business aspects such as Accounting, Finance, Economics at English classes

[Galleleo]

Lots of people started successful business without ever going to business school. Does that mean business school is useless?

If you are interested in the English language and/or teaching English, having an English major is very important. Can you tell me where all kinds of words come from? Where the pronunciation comes from? Can you tell me everything about the History of the English language, why and when it developed from what and how?

[soup]

Teaching english in High Schools in Belgium, you really need to speak Dutch.

I don't really know about the colleges or uni's, but I'm sure if you want to teach at a university you need a doctorate like galleleo said. Even if you want to teach at our high schools you should have studied at a university. But that's only for the final 3 years.

[R1pp3r]

Lots of people started successful business without ever going to business school. Does that mean business school is useless?

If you are interested in the English language and/or teaching English, having an English major is very important. Can you tell me where all kinds of words come from? Where the pronunciation comes from? Can you tell me everything about the History of the English language, why and when it developed from what and how?

And how to teach and how to motivate your students... those are probably the biggest challanges any teacher have.

[SEAL]

Teaching english in High Schools in Belgium, you really need to speak Dutch

Not really actually. "nowadays" alot of highschools throughout Europe want native english speaking teachers. And you can get tax redunded salary because you do a qualified job that inhabitants cannot do. This depends if you fit in the qualifications. Now, do some english tutoring after school (every class have parents who want that) and voila! there you go, an easy 3000 euro cash earned per month.

[Ward]

Lots of people started successful business without ever going to business school. Does that mean business school is useless?

If you are interested in the English language and/or teaching English, having an English major is very important. Can you tell me where all kinds of words come from? Where the pronunciation comes from? Can you tell me everything about the History of the English language, why and when it developed from what and how?

I'm not talking about entrepreneurship, you idiot. I'm talking about certain business programs such as accounting, whereas people go for CA designation and whatnot. Same goes with Economics, Finance, Auditing, Taxation. You won't learn those spontaneously by learning English, as opposed to vise versa.

WOW! History of English.. that must be very complicated.... for a moron like you.. If I wanted to I'd google it and learn everything about it in matter of minutes.

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

WOW! History of English.. that must be very complicated.... for a moron like you.. If I wanted to I'd google it and learn everything about it in matter of minutes.

...and you simultaneously sink any point you might have had. Bravo!

[Galleleo]

Ripper, getting a Master in English doesn't necessarily skill you in teaching and stuff.

And that only counts if you study in an English country Ward. Most of my books are in English but I still make papers and what not in Dutch. Presentations in Dutch. So were I to really want to learn English, I would still have to study and get a master in English.

[Ward]

...and you simultaneously sink any point you might have had. Bravo!

Not at all, since the knowledge of English background has nothing to do with lingual skills

[Liquid Blue]

do people even need to get into a useless debate with Ward of all people, on the importance of any degree

[Vykromond]

Ward, buddy, hate to break it to you, you're an imbecile.

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

Not at all, since the knowledge of English background has nothing to do with lingual skills

No, you were arrogant and said you could absorb "everything" about the history of the English language in a "matter of minutes." For someone who has a tenuous grasp on the language itself (at best), it's retarded of you to say anything of the sorts.

And for the record, knowledge of the history of language has a LOT to do with lingual skills. But then again, you've probably Googled it and figured that out already, right? Because Googling things is the keystone of research.

Again, bravo!