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Q: They learn English to pass a test?
I know I'm not saying anything that you all don't know here but when I hear this I wonder how do they believe I can possible be of any benefit at all. Teaching university offered some solice but I have had parents of middle schoolers asking me to help their kids pass an English test or some kind of entrance exam Gao Cao, Cet 4, 5, 6...you know what i mean.
I ask you, should I take the money and say I will help or try to explain the way I teach and tell them that a general improvement in their English skill will help them pass any test? The parents want guarantees.
They think an English class, upon completion is the same as buying and installing more RAM into a computer.
12 years 17 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
Of course you are totally right. Chinese parents want their kids to have a better life than they had. So, bribing is normal here, and you, as an English teacher, are perceuved by them as having the key to the pass door. Hiring you is their garantee that their kid will pass. And that is not reality, but that is what is going on.
It the same mentality as why your are supposed to bribe your doctor. The mindset is the average person isn't going to put the full effort into his/her job with some addition incentive.
