Getting retirees to teach English

IN his letter “Retired teachers can help teach English” (The Star, Jan 23), Peter Soo brought our attention to a pool of retired English language specialists in our country.

Retirees who have a good command of English and are able to teach the language well are mainly those who had their primary, secondary and tertiary education in the medium of English. Their expertise may not be in the field of Teaching English as a second language (TESL) or Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) but they do have sufficient knowledge and skills to teach the language.