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ThailandisanamazingplacetoteachEnglish.ButtimesarechangingandFootprintsislookingforthebest

andthebrightesttofilltheteachingpositions.AsofMarch2009theTeachersCouncilintroducedthefollowingamendments(修改)toensurethatallteachersinThailandhaveaminimum(最小)numberofEducationcoursecreditsalongwiththeirbachelor'sdegree.

Thefollowingteachingrequirementsapplyto(适用于)EnglishteachersinThailand:

●AforeignteacherwithaBachelorofEducationdegreeisrequiredtotakea20-hourcourseaboutThai

cultureinordertohaveaworkpermittoEnglishteachersinThailand.

●AforeignteacherwithanyotherdegreethanaBachelorofEducationdegreewillberequiredtoeither:

☆passanexamonseveralaspectsofeducation(nearlyimpossiblewithoutEducationCourses)or

☆completeaprescribed(规定的)setofeducationcoursesthroughanapprovedThaiUniversity

●AforeignteachermustbeanativeEnglishspeakerwithanAustralianCanadianIrishNewZealand

SouthAfricanBritishorAmericanpassport.

Iftheforeignpersonisemployedteachingwhilecompletingthecoursesthey'llhavetotakenightand

weekendcourses.Thecoursestakealmostoneyeartocomplete.Thecostforthecoursesis60000baht.

Uponcompletingthecoursestheteacherwillhaveearnedtherighttoapplyforateachinglicensein

ThailandandwillthenhavetherighttoapplyforaworkpermittoteachinThailand.Theproblemisthatthis

teachinglicenseandtheseteachingcreditsareonlyvaluableinThailand.

1.Thetextmainlyintendsto_____.

A.introducetheeducationsystemofThailand

B.makeadvertisementsforFootprints

C.showtherequirementstoteachEnglishinThailand

D.makeanintroductiontotheTeachersCouncilinThailand

2.IfaforeignpersonwantstoteachinThailandhavingaBachelorofEducationdegreeis _____.

A.abigadvantage

B.amust

C.useless

D.unnecessary

3.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat_____.

A.toapplyforajobofteachingEnglishinThailandisaSimpletask