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Post by Jaga on Jan 6, 2006 9:43:37 GMT -7
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Post by jimpres on Jan 6, 2006 9:59:37 GMT -7
Can I send my wife ; )
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Post by Jaga on Jan 6, 2006 22:31:39 GMT -7
maybe as an instructor  First teach her the language and being an instructor can be a great motivation! |
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forza
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Post by forza on Jan 6, 2006 23:37:40 GMT -7
The English teacher intervied on radio just said (I have my radio on!) how difficult it was to deal with parents of kids learning English. Learning and Teaching English has a BOOM in Polska now! He said that parents would like kids to recite some poems to show them off at dinner parties and he'd like them to be able to order a bubble gum when in store in England. So he said he was struggling to teach kids what would be good for them and satisfy paying customers who'd expect memorized speeches from their kids.
- our public radio doing its mission.
ha ha ha ha ©
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Post by Jaga on Jan 8, 2006 17:48:43 GMT -7
Here is some extra info sent to me today by Beata Moskala-Gallaher, read more about their activities here: Hello Ms. Jagoda,
The PNA in Baltimore, council 21 offers Polish classes for children and adults. We will start the second semester in January.
Please could you put this information on your web side, and eventually link to our web side www.BAltimorePNA.org to inform people who are interested in learning Polish in Baltimore/Maryland area.
Thank you for putting an article about our summer children activities at the PNA on your web side.
Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Beata Moskala-Gallaher, the Polish teacher |
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Post by kaima on Jan 8, 2006 18:15:25 GMT -7
It makes me think I should take a basic course on teaching so if I have the opportunity in Slovakia I can do a decent job and not get up there, speak English and not get any important points across to the students.
I have heard many times that teaching requires specific training to be effective. At least for 99% of us. Having seen an occasional really terrible effort, I fully believe it!
Kai
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Post by jimpres on Jan 8, 2006 18:42:03 GMT -7
Kai,
I taught Physics in college with no teaching background and it worked out fine. You just need to follow a curriculum or have specific goals in mind. At leat at the college level. I can't speak to the lower grades.
Jim
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Post by Jaga on Jan 11, 2006 13:00:12 GMT -7
It makes me think I should take a basic course on teaching so if I have the opportunity in Slovakia I can do a decent job and not get up there, speak English and not get any important points across to the students. I have heard many times that teaching requires specific training to be effective. At least for 99% of us. Having seen an occasional really terrible effort, I fully believe it! Kai I know a Polish girl who used to work with me in Maryland. She married her Am. boyfriend and they live in Poland now! He is just teaching English! |
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Post by Jaga on Jan 11, 2006 13:02:07 GMT -7
Kai, I taught Physics in college with no teaching background and it worked out fine. You just need to follow a curriculum or have specific goals in mind. At leat at the college level. I can't speak to the lower grades. Jim Jim, do you think that teaching Physics on college level is simpler than ... with lower grades??? not for me although the kids in elementary school are difficult to handle, I agree I was only teaching some astronomy, I never thought Physics. I do not think I will be a great teacher although I have a lot of respects for teachers and instructors. |
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First teach her the language and being an instructor can be a great motivation!
