Learning English with Beata
Do you need any help with IELTS or Cambridge Exams? Do you struggle with reading or speaking in Engl
Hi, I think I owe you an explanation why I am not here as often as I would love to ! ) I promise, I will be back pretty soon:) Lots of ideas in my head. As some of you might know, I need to upgrade my qualifications in order to teach for the government schools in Australia - so I study even more:) Finishing in APRIL!!! Hurra! Meanwhile, my husband and I opened an airbnb - some of you have seen our Old Post Office in Healesville; We are also finishing our little theatre/ workshop space at the some time - it all keeps me extremely busy, but the future looks good!!!
My next question then, for those who are in Australia: would you participate in very intensive workshops (focusing on individual skills) to prepare for Ielts or just to work on individual skills? The workshops would take 2-3 days, and you would be staying in Healesville. Small groups - up to 8 pp. How much would you be willing to pay? Have you ever been at the workshops like that?
My beautiful people!
I haven't been here for a while, as ... I study myself at the moment. Very interesting stuff - Language and Society and Megatrends in Education. I have one more assignment to go, and will back :) See you soon...
The updates on classes are coming... @ moment working on my own presentation on English influences on Polish language:) I am refreshing my interests in sociolinguistics. Really fascinating...
09/10/2020
Today - a different photo - one of my online classes - great experience; Tough but I think we all learnt a lot. And it was fun... ONLINE CLASSES can be FUN:)
07/10/2020
And another crazy mob...
06/10/2020
Another day, another photo:) - My first IELTS class... miss you, guys:)
04/10/2020
Intermediate class (which year was it?)
04/10/2020
Hi, I am still working on this page, can you give me some feedback what you would like to see here:)
04/10/2020
Teaching is to empower, to support, to motivate
After over 20 years of teaching in different scenarios, those are three factors that have been on my mind when entering classroom. Teaching is not about us, teachers, it is about our students - why they want to learn, how they learn the best and how they can achieve their goals. We are there to show them the way, support their efforts and ensure they will flourish and become independent learners.
My adventure with teaching started years ago when I attended a workshop for teachers run by Timothy Eyres. I had just graduated high school and wanted to use every opportunity to practise my English. It was Poland of early 90s - no access to internet; going abroad to Britain or the USA was a privilege; the only English channels were BBC One and MTV; reading in English was limited to specially designed magazines; only few teachers were creative and inspiring. And here was Timothy - with his unique ways of teaching, showing us how fun it is to learn and teach. And that’s when it all started.
Since then I have grown in my teaching; I have learnt how not to be afraid of admitting to my own mistakes and how to be happy when the students become better than me. When in Poland, I attended numerous courses, workshops, conferences to be better and better; I welcomed future teachers into my classes; I worked with students of different ages, abilities and professions. Then Australia happened - the biggest change in my life, the biggest challenge and biggest success - both privately and professionally. But passion to teaching has never ceased. Despite formal obstacles, constant fight to do what I love and I am good at, I managed to return to my profession. Here I should pay my gratitude to Martin, Scott and Victor - the academic managers of ANCE that I worked with. They trusted my skills and knowledge.
However, there is one main thing that Australia taught me - respect to other cultures, appreciation to values not known to me before. Teaching students coming from all over the world has been one of the most enriching experiences in my life. And I am so grateful for this.