Please Read: Teaching You English

hehehehe  ya r right...i know exactly how does it feel ..  btw i was wondering......
i do nat kno talk inglich...u plece teche I .

inglich ..lol

very funny

Yeah. I kinda know how you feel. You look at jobs like accountants and wonder if they get asked to perform bookkeeping for free. Chefs are not normally invited to cook or teach cooking gratis. For some reason, many people do think we could teach them English as it seems like it's just engaging in conversation. Sometimes I like to converse but if it would involve actual academic chores such as tutoring in grammar or writing then I draw the line. I've had requests from foreign residents about such tasks as editing whole books just because I'm a teacher of English. I half-jokingly tell them that they can not afford my editing bill but it's quite true. Even for offers of paid tutoring, I tell them that they would be better off taking schools courses as I would probably bill them too much. Again, you can say this half jokingly but most people get the serious message - a teacher's time is money too.

Yep, you absolutely get it, alamographics, probably because you're in the same line of work!

Now, I often talk to people at my job who aren't students who want to practice their English, and face-to-face chit-chat is fine with me, often very enjoyable with a higher-level speaker.

But good-golly-Miss-Molly!!  When people with minimal skills think you can teach them English in a few hours via telephone ?!?  I don't know about you, but the times I've attempted conversation on Skype with low level English learners I end up feeling frustrated and have to cut the chat short.

Let me say upfront that I very much admire those who are trying to learn and improve themselves and giving credit where it is due, they probably know more English than I know Arabic!  It's just that they need to be realistic about what they're asking.

Despite of all

I am very open to ladies engineering related questions.. )
But limited with Civil...

Because, I am a Civil Engineer.. means Construction etc.

ummmmm.. what was that? You are offering to teach WOMEN about civil engineering?

aticus is such a generous guy

hehehehe

I hope the lurkers gt to read this one.

You could make a lot of money from private tutoring. If the majority of the requests you are getting are from males, well then narrow the criteria down and ask for married males with the supervision of their wives holding a nice big wooden dough roller

Scully, never any mention of $$ lol

hello madam,

   Iam rekha from India, a Bachelor of Computer science Engineering degree holder. I would like to work as a teacher in saudi arabia. Could you please help me to get a job madam ? It will be really helpful for me and my family. I do not have any previous experience in teaching and iam good in teaching.
help me

Sorry, I'm  not an employment specialist.  You need to help yourself by posting your resume online and contacting recruiters who specialize in the Middle East.

Best of luck.

thanks for ur reply madam

i buy modem for internet and internet to study inglish and come heer to this webside to study inglish. is i on the correct blace?

and how is that different from how you usually write, shahab.ali ?? 

Well said Alliecat...

May be this kind of people are not having genuine intention of learning... we can feel from thier way of approach...
If they really need to improve their english, why dont they try online resources....? tons of resources available..yah

Those who want to learn "good" English should watch "Mind Your Language"

http://www.ovguide.com/tv/mind_your_language.htm

...and also listen to Kahl Khan (Bill Forbes) rendition of

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAdUY4HUF8

Note: Bill Forbes aka Kahl Khan in the music world is a Sri Lankan born musician who migrated to the UK in the 60s