The Filipinos in Thailand

If you are a Filipino, what is your comment? Especailly those in Thailand. This statement appeared in the http://www.ajarn.com a site that make Thai people thinking the 'whites' are only the ones that speak English. But they have forgotten the definition of native speakers in 2006 is something different.

The most important is that now the teachers are a professional job and if you are trained in the field, you can do the job but untrained ones are to be out of the field.

You can read the definition of native speakers at http://www.teflasia.com , a recruitment agency in Thailand.

Are the American English ( Chinese love that ) , Australian English, Canandian English the same as the British English ? Which is the perfect one?

IF there is a variety of English, then Asian English should be recognised.

Are Filipinos shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to the Thailand job-hunt? The Filipino teaching community is huge here in Thailand. But as many of them bombard recruiters inboxes with over-formal cover letters and speculative applications for jobs they are sometimes not qualified to do, ajarn.com asks the question 'can Filipinos make it easier for themselves to find jobs?'. And oh yeah - what about the English-native speaker status issue? Filipinos, Filipinas, recruiters, employers, English native-speakers, we want to hear from you. Send your opinions to philip@ajarn.com