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Originally Posted by Guy Mandude
I will say this: I'd trade 20 of your "scholarly" publications by doctorates such as you for each trial-by-fire lesson plan that a REAL teacher has successfully applied in a Thai classroom.
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I find Jack's assertion above that improving English language learning in Thailand might be helped by TEFL teachers publishing in peer-reviewed journals the perfect example of an upper-storey ivory tower view with no real connection to education-in-action. I'll likely be studying for a post-graduate degree in the near future, btw - I'm not anti-academy, but your consistant belittling of teachers on this forum reminds me what lies in wait. You're the great whale in our little pond here, huh...
That said, your being such a smart person as well as a very regular poster on here, I do really like to hear what you know about teaching and how it is done best - about the state of education in Thailand, techniques, theory and whatever else. But as you can see for yourself, when you mix your knowledge in with a fair bit of extremely snotty sounding judgement and a good deal of assumption about the work, habits, and personalities of the anonymous posters you are obstensively in dialogue with, your whole point (you did seem to have one) goes out the window and you spend most of your time reacting personally to the people trying to understand you. IMO not activity truly worth of a tower made of lovely solid ivory!