Teaching House: About Jobs

Here are some of the errors in the Teaching House “ABOUT JOBS” FAQ. Quoted text is in red.

Original source:http://www.teachinghouse.com/faqs/celta-jobs.html

• “Are there really lots of teaching jobs out there?”
  
  Jobs are not offered by the lot. Teaching House Boston means “a lot of jobs.”

 

• “And with the CELTA being the most-widely accepted qualification at these schools (and, at some schools, the only accepted qualification) taking the CELTA at Teaching House is the first step to gaining access to these jobs.”
  
  This sentence is not grammatical. This becomes clear when I remove the parenthetical:
  
  And with the CELTA being the most-widely accepted qualification at these schools taking the CELTA at Teaching House is the first step to gaining access to these jobs.
  
  One of the problems with this sentence is that it is missing a subject. “[Taking] the CELTA at Teaching House” is not the subject. It is a modifier for “schools.”
  
  
• “Because of this, every country in the world recruits and employs ESL teachers to live and teach English abroad.”
  
  It is incorrect to say that “every country” recruits ESL teachers. First of all, countries do not recruit ESL teachers. Schools and organizations within countries recruit ESL teachers. Some countries, especially English speaking countries, have many qualified ESL teachers. Employees within these countries do not recruit ESL teachers from abroad.

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