Interjection Update! Also, I have money for those in the Ro8!

[BlackStar_OP]

Blackstars new computer going to pay off heh

I dont have a new computer =) ,just a much better internet.

[AOEisLOVE_AOEisLIFE]

He is buying em for his channel ofc common sense

dough ofc that is common sense he wrote that himself in this thread, my question was WHY IS HE WILLING TO PAY MONEY FOR THAT??

@Interjection Do you make money off your channel?

thats pretty much what i wanna know too, thank you milku..

[Interjection]

I do make money from the channel, of course

Not much money mind you

I expect to break even on these videos (or make a slight loss), the money is just an incentive to get the players to actually record the games so we can enjoy watching then (I doubt they would record otherwise).

[Interjection]

For those that don't know, this is how YouTube videos make money https://youtu.be/KW0eUrUiyxo

[BrookG]

Inter is just the ESOC MVP. Deal with it!

EDIT: CGP Grey also very good vids

[lejend]

English teachers tend to focus on rote memorization of useless grammar rules, and phrases that nobody really uses in real life. They also tend to ignore pronunciation completely, which means that everything they teach will never be used in real life, since students won't be able to pronounce it in an understandable way. After years of education, the average student's English ability is generally limited to, "Herro, my name, is Hiro, I go, to school, every day."... Not exactly the English of a native speaker.

Thoughts?

[pecelot]

Generalisation.

[Laurence Drake]

English teachers tend to focus on rote memorization of useless grammar rules, and phrases that nobody really uses in real life. They also tend to ignore pronunciation completely, which means that everything they teach will never be used in real life, since students won't be able to pronounce it in an understandable way. After years of education, the average student's English ability is generally limited to, "Herro, my name, is Hiro, I go, to school, every day."... Not exactly the English of a native speaker.

Thoughts?

too racist for me tbh

[Interjection]

lejend,

Generalisation through and through,

This was a major focus of the course I went too actually. English teaching in the past has, functionally, not been particularly useful to students. I assure you modern training focuses much more on creating teachers that DO actually end up being helpful to students.

With regards to 'herro', that's a sterotype on Asian students, particularly Japanese speakers who cannot actually hear the difference between the /l/ and /r/ phonemes since their native language uses neither. Humans start to tune out the sounds they don't need that aren't in their language during infancy. So those kids PHYSICALLY can't hear the difference. Everything sounds fine to them. Part of the modern English teacher's job is to fix things like these before they become deeply fossilized in the mind. I mean... it's only fair right? It's only fair that students get to know why people on random RTS game forums make fun of them and that they have the chance to fix their speech. Anyone can make any sound if you show them how. And once they can make the sound they'll start to hear it.

[kami_ryu]

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[lejend]

Interjection et al,

Seriously though, do you deny that English teachers deprioritize (to say the least) pronunciation and accent reduction?

[JakeyBoyTH]

English teachers tend to focus on rote memorization of useless grammar rules, and phrases that nobody really uses in real life. They also tend to ignore pronunciation completely, which means that everything they teach will never be used in real life, since students won't be able to pronounce it in an understandable way. After years of education, the average student's English ability is generally limited to, "Herro, my name, is Hiro, I go, to school, every day."... Not exactly the English of a native speaker.

Thoughts?

Most asian students I meet have very good english. Perhaps you go to a stupid school?

[Interjection]

Most Asian students you meet have had the courage and wealth to move abroad so probably had a better start in life, including English teaching

_________

lejend,

Not any more

[Snuden]

Come to Vietnam bro, I'm already there XD

(since you are an old hustla, china is where the EFL money is )

The landscape is changing in China, I just spent 6 years in Shanghai and its clear the the English teachers are no longer wanted as much as before.


Huge government crackdown on the whole industry.

Ok, i heard about some arrests, but isnt that mostly due to how many rogue businesses are operating and theyre looking to clean up the field?

What were u doing there?

They are cleaning up all the teachers with fake degrees, and the schools accepting those degrees. At the same time they try to educate their own teachers, which of course is a disaster :)

I think there are now more foreigners leaving China, than coming into China. Severe pollution also plays a role in this.

Another issue is now how difficult it is to get money out of China (taking effect 31st of May)

I was Managing director of a QA/QC company (mechanical & welding)

[deleted_user0]

The landscape is changing in China, I just spent 6 years in Shanghai and its clear the the English teachers are no longer wanted as much as before.


Huge government crackdown on the whole industry.

Ok, i heard about some arrests, but isnt that mostly due to how many rogue businesses are operating and theyre looking to clean up the field?

What were u doing there?

They are cleaning up all the teachers with fake degrees, and the schools accepting those degrees. At the same time they try to educate their own teachers, which of course is a disaster :)

I think there are now more foreigners leaving China, than coming into China. Severe pollution also plays a role in this.

Another issue is now how difficult it is to get money out of China (taking effect 31st of May)

I was Managing director of a QA/QC company (mechanical & welding)

Ok, good to know. Thanks for the info. I am considering to teach in china next year, do you mind if i shoot you a pm about this topic later?

[Snuden]

Huge government crackdown on the whole industry.[/quote]
Ok, i heard about some arrests, but isnt that mostly due to how many rogue businesses are operating and theyre looking to clean up the field?

What were u doing there?[/quote]
They are cleaning up all the teachers with fake degrees, and the schools accepting those degrees. At the same time they try to educate their own teachers, which of course is a disaster :)

I think there are now more foreigners leaving China, than coming into China. Severe pollution also plays a role in this.

Another issue is now how difficult it is to get money out of China (taking effect 31st of May)

I was Managing director of a QA/QC company (mechanical & welding)[/quote]
Ok, good to know. Thanks for the info. I am considering to teach in china next year, do you mind if i shoot you a pm about this topic later?[/quote]

Sure! I still have a lot of friends in the industry out there, they will probably be able to answer any question you might have.

You might already now want to install "Wechat" as that is used by virtually everybody (including schools) out there.