Maybe someone can explain to me what I encountered as I perused the latest edition of Chronicles of Higher Ed. I looked for "
ESL" positions and there was this junior college in Pennsylvania looking for an
ESL instructor. I clicked on the link, and it said they were looking for someone with an MA in "Chinese" (they didn't specify Cantonese, Mandarin, or Szechuan). This "Chinese" MA person would then teach an
ESL class (presumably at the full-time level, since I am looking for full-time employment).
Am I missing something? Does an MA in Chinese constitute adeqate prep. for teaching English??? or is something nefarious going on??
Furthermore, why is it that foreign universities are willing to allow MA TESL people to teach in universities that normally require Ph.d's??
Is the law of supply and demand incredibly out of whack?