lockedOut:

Which will you pick, the teacher with a polished English accent who does not know jack or the teacher with poor english construction and who knows his onions? I would rather choose the teacher with the poor english and tell him to improve and please don't hide under the Positive criticism banner, abi when "I hope he does not intend to teach in Nigeria" become positive criticism?

@Op please pursue your dream ojere!

It is highly doubtful that someone who speaks impeccable English would not know his onions! I'm not talking about phonetics, I'm talking about correct English with all tenses and Grammar in the right place . It doesn't come easy I assure you, but with years of reading and attention to detail! If nothing else he/ she will be able to teach English lit or grammar!

mindtricks: Op, go and do the needful. Kindly edit your topic and correct your post and save the thread from this unnecessary beaf and derailing. @topic, I think what you uniquely have to offer will go along way to determine. As we all know, teachers could earn as low as even 10k, or as high as 100k. It depends on where you find yourself, among other factors.

and what is beaf?

[quote your bragging is too much. minister for english language. *hissed*
author=MsSantaClaus]I have noticed on nairaland that many people don't
like to listen to constructive criticism! How then do they expect to
improve?

From my observation ,this particular forum is for careers and to be
honest, after reading some comments , I often wonder how many members
here ever expect to obtain a job!

What baffles me the most is the way some people have of expressing
themselves, their grammar is peculiar and if that is what they go to an
interview with, although I am aware of the high rate of unemployment or
unavailability of jobs, I'm not surprised they are not being employed!

Whatever happened to self improvement? Why are the unemployed not using
their time to improve their skills , even voluntary jobs are an
opportunity to acquire some much needed skills.

Some people on these forums give the impression that they have been
denied their rightful jobs whereas many of them do not have even the
basic communication skills with which to hold down a job!

One thing many job applicants fail to realize is that, your interview
starts with something as simple as your email address!
"Sexybabyeyes@yahoo.com" is not an appropriate email address from which
to send your c.v ,to a recruiter from.

As for shortening your words to something like "tnx" for example, will
possibly get you an instant "DELETE".

People , take every available opportunity to improve yourselves , even
if you have to pay.
The Internet is a treasure trove of free courses, avail yourselves of
them.

It is simply laziness, sheer lack of imagination and initiative that
makes one not seek self improvement!

Personal Branding pays off in the long run, reinvent yourself if you
must!

No one owes you a job, you have to impress the recruiter into offering
you one.

If you can come to nairaland every day to comment and criticize, then
you can search out a free self improvement course on the Internet and
IMPROVE YOURSELF! Gosh!!![/quote]

lockedOut:
Just funny the way we all come here and form Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka,.....if he does not intend to be a teacher, as if some of you are perfect at your own jobs! I am sure even with his level of English he can teach most subjects apart from English (thats even if the topic is not a typo). . Pathetic lots!

Most subjects like Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa language?

pls how much does a graduate earn in primary school in Nigeria

Hi, please what are the prospects for a person who studied engineering but has a passion for teaching. Who currently hasn't acquired a TRCN license or done PGDE?

simiamos:
Hi, please what are the prospects for a person who studied engineering but has a passion for teaching. Who currently hasn't acquired a TRCN license or done PGDE?

your prospects are OK, but once you've secure a job with a decent pay, it's always a good idea to pursue a pgd in education.

[quote author=Mgbadike80 post=70221520] your prospects are OK, but once you've secure a job with a decent pay, it's always a good idea to pursue a pgd in education.[Thanks for the reply. I'm actually planning to get a PGDE but I want to earn some money to pay for it. I checked online and it seemed like all the big schools only take those with BEd or Bsc and pgde so I got a little discouraged. ]