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| Jul 31, 2012 02:01 | #61   |
 | Quote:Originally Posted by JIMMYB Wan, college graduates can not teach English in college. Many colleges have high requirements on their teachers' degrees. Currently, postgraduates who major in English might still have a chance to enter private colleges. The public universities now just need doctors. There are some advertisement where English teachers are needed to teach in China's universities with just a bachelor degree. Maybe it's private universities. Anyway, in Malaysia to teach in universities a person needs at least a master degree in relevant subject, then he/she should pursue a doctoral degree. In colleges, bachelor degrees suffice, especially on learning English as a subject and not as a major. Maybe our standard of English not as high as in China. We seldom have native speakers teaching us English. Wan |
| Jul 31, 2012 21:43 | #62 |
| Wan, Not only English teachers but also other teachers in college are required to offer advanced degrees if they want to teach in Chinese universities. The more teachers with advanced degrees they have, the higher rankings they achieve on the Chinese university ranking list. On the other hand, there are too many English graduates every year. Apparently, all of them can not teach in colleges. Those who have advanced degrees are more competent than those who just have bachelor degrees. Native English speakers seem to like teaching in China. Some kindergartens even hire native English speakers to teach English. |
| Aug 1, 2012 20:11 | #63 |
| China is more advanced than Malaysia. In our universities, there are two types of teachers, i) teaching subject as an elective, and ii) teaching subject as major. The first one a person with a master degree suffices, but for the latter should have a doctoral degree in relevant subject. In the Academy of Language Study a few languages are offered to the students as an elective paper, just to know the language, such as Malay, Putonghua, English, French etc, not as their major. This kind of study doesn't need a PhD holder to teach. For teaching major subjects, all lecturers or teachers are required to have a doctoral degree as they study only for three semesters, two hours per week. The same thing happens in China where native speakers teach English where some of them don't have any proper academic qualifications as they only teach English as an elective paper, not as major. For English major (or other subject major), I am sure the university has strict requirements. Wan |
| Aug 5, 2012 02:20 | #64 |
| Wan, When I entered the college, some postgraduates taught us English. Of course, English is not my major. I heard that some bachelors of English major taught English in college too (They didn't teach students who took English as their major). When I graduated, many universities made higher requirements. Teachers who teach English (not as a major) have to gain postgraduate degrees. Now, many postgraduates who study English as their major can only enter the private colleges or work as teachers in training schools. What happened? China has adjusted its education policies. More and more college graduates can go on their study and become postgraduates. China adopts this policy because many college graduates can not find jobs after graduation. Unfortunately, postgraduates can find good jobs after graduation. Some of them even become teachers in middle school. |
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| Aug 5, 2012 03:10 | #65 |
| Being a small country with small population, the government prepares and provides job opportunities to most graduates or even school leavers at middle/high school level (we call secondary school). These school leavers, if they excel in their School Certificate examination, the government or other corporate bodies may send them overseas for their studies. The government at the same time, subsidises almost 90% of its public university fees. Malaysia has about 1.2 million civil servants out of 26 million population. Wan |
| Aug 6, 2012 01:19 | #66 |
| Wan I wish that I was born in Malaysia. How much does a college student pay for his tuition? In China, the students usually pay around CNY 5000 each semester and they need to pay for the accommodation (CNY800-1200 when I was in college). Yet, he has to live and eat. In four years, a college student spends nearly CNY 30000 |
| Aug 7, 2012 01:37 | #67 |
| Public colleges and universities are heavily subsidised by the government. For a diploma course (3 years), UiTM for example charges RMB1200 per semester inclusive of tuition fees, accommodation and simple meals. For preparatory courses secondary school leavers who excel in their School Certificate Examination, will undergo one year course, they don't have to pay anything instead the Higher Education Ministry will provide scholarship for free education including RMB5000 pocket money for 2 semesters. Completing one-year course, if their CGPA above 3.5 they can continue for their degree course. Wan |
| Aug 7, 2012 23:03 | #68 |
| Wan, The tertiary education in China usually lasts for four years, meaning a college student has to study four years to acquire his bachelor degree. If you study art related majors, the tuition will be much higher (CNY 8000 to 20000 per year). |
| Aug 8, 2012 19:18 | #69 |
| Thanks Jimmy for the info especially on fees. The fees are quite high, thus I'd only recommend my fellow country students to continue their studies locally and not in China unless for Putonghua. Wan |
| Aug 8, 2012 19:18 | #70 |
| Putonghua as their major. Wan |
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