Comments on: Viva language teachers viva!

By: birdie

birdie — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:06:41 +0000

Though I’m foreign teacher (I don’t teach in S/Africa) ,but we share the same problem.Language teachers have extra-tasks necessary to carry out an effective teaching.Unfortunately they are not paid for and can’t do without … Language teachers are alike in all parts of the world…
May God help us!!!

By: Bono

Bono — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:52:59 +0000

4ga1LE nice.

By: Malcolm Venter

Malcolm Venter — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:39:43 +0000

You make a good point – each subject has its extra demands. But then so does English. Each year there are new poems, many of which have been written since we trained as teachers. So the teacher has to do research on these.

By: Lynn Mostert

Lynn Mostert — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:19:02 +0000

I’ve read the article and don’t agree, although I don’t want to start a pointless debate about who works harder! However,I just want to comment, that as an ex-Home Economics educator, we have had to “re-learn” our teaching subjects, which have become Technology and Consumer Studies. Much research has had to be done for years now – and still needs to be done, as consumerism is also not a static area of study to be found between the covers of a text book. To compare the pieces that language reqires, which can be a page long, to the pages and pages of tasks and practical assessments needed, is not quite the same. Another facet of a prac subject, is the control of stock, the ingredients and the equipment, which is also a huge load. But yes, language teachers do have a large load in marking.

By: Nadia de Jager

Nadia de Jager — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:22:57 +0000

I completely agree with you! As a new language teacher, I have already experienced the heavy workload, as compared to other subjects, that language teachers have to deal with. Unfortunately, I have also already discovered that some other (“non-language”) teachers, regard languages as “easy” compared to their subjects.