nanyanglady8 (China)

Standards need to be raised, not lowered. If we are talking about teaching college, I think a BA is not good enough; even if it is mere conversational English. Of course there are horrible teachers coming to China who have no real teaching experience, but the blame is not on the main requirements an institution of higher learning should have on its teachers. We do need qualified MA, MS and Phd candidates to teach at our schools in China from ALL English countries! The qualified teacher can teach proper cultural communications and the average Chinese student can gain very valuable understanding insight that they never understood before. A real class, not a chit chat fun time with a person who did not have any practical applied experience.