gummigut Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 The effort of years of Mandarin study: Wo bu shuo. Thank you thank you thank you. <<burp>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Had a classic the other day. Was playing golf and joined up with some thai guys on the 9th hole. All teachers. I heard one of them say to the other ( in thai) ahh here is your chance to speak English. He shook his head and made negative hand gestures. Seems the guy was a english lecturer at Assumption College. Never found out if he could speak English, he never tried. But the Indian looking guy was nearly fluent. And thais look down upon indians??? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidflux Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I'm pretty sure all the classes at ABAC are taught in English. If in fact he was a teacher there, he should be able to speak it. Maybe the dude was just being anti-social? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Hi, Similar story. One of the teachers here did a phone interview with a student to determine his/her English skills. The conversation went something like this: T : "What university did you study at?" S: "....." T : "What .... university ... did ... you ... study ... at?" S: "[some uni name]" T: "What was your major?" S: "....." T: "What ... was ... your ... major?" S: "English" An English major who could not hold a simple conversation like the above. Sad, really sad. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaad Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 True. Talked to a girl in Phitsanulok last year and it turned out that this girl had a major in English as well. It took her 4 times before comprehending and provinding and answer to my question: "how are you today?" .. .. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 you should have said "i give you 2000 for smoke and boom boom" she might have understood you before you finished the sentence........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 ha ha id put money on it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 liquidflux said:I'm pretty sure all the classes at ABAC are taught in English. If in fact he was a teacher there, he should be able to speak it. Maybe the dude was just being anti-social? Liquidflux is right... mostly. All classes are supposed to be taught in English (with the exception of some like the Thai law classes). Truth is, a teacher with a knowledge of Thai (even a foreigner) will use it in the classroom. Alternatively, some teachers are actually presenters of material from printed text and don't completely understand what they are presenting. Been there (ABAC), seen that. And yes, it is a recent experience. Enough of a rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 A friend's look krueng daughter -- completely fluent in English -- went to ABAC. She said that she never once had a native speaker for an English teacher. They were always Burmese or Indians, and sometimes she had trouble with their accents. p.s. From what I've seen, ABAC is still better than the other private unies here. At some of them simply attending classes for four years guarantees you will graduate. No need to actually learn anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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