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[gregoryfromcali]

Nothing can be furthter from the truth.

Poles want the classes to be fun and interesting, they want to learn English grammar, and they want to be prepared for exams.

I found that it's really important to be able to get a good discussion going with your students. One of the ways you do this is by creating rapport by showing them who you are, basically if we don't open up we can't expect our students to.

Once you do this some the students will follow, this creates an enviroment where people will want to express themselves and you'll have them using their English in no time.

I think the main thing is to be comfortable with yourself. I used to tell my students stories about my girlfriend, stories about being bashed for being American, and stories about the first things I noticed about Poles when I was new to their country even if it wasn't positive.

In another words, open up and the students will follow. Next think of good everyday examples for the grammar, throw in some exam techniques here and there, let them speak for longer periods of time rather than always sticking to the lesson plan, assign boring exercises as homework (FCE Gold and Fowler) and you'll have your (some ) students smiling in no time. But of course they will usually be that one.



Good times.

[paulmanser]

.ghhh

[Grrrmachine]

Paul, please try and get it into your skull - no-one here has said that your COT cert is NOT a valid qualification. There's plenty of places that offer certs like these, and a lot of teachers don't have any certs whatsoever. Stop trying to prove a point that none of us care about, and that none of us have challenged. It's one-sided, repetitive and dull.
Our only challenges were that it's ridiculous to pay to get a job, and to take your cert three years before you plan to use it.

[paulmanser]

ok sorry.

[Pollux]

Paul,

When you apply for jobs, try not to use abbr.

Also, prague is Prague.

Good Luck!

[paulmanser]

I sent that E-Mail late last night so.........I sent it to 6 ppl so just wondering if I get 4 more replies.


Heard of Lang school?

[paulmanser]

Wasn't really applying for jobs just asking polish schools if they recognised and accept COT TEFL qualifications. DOS, where it matters at the end of the day.

Anybody care to say their TEFL life experience in Poland?

e.g Is their TEFL career secure?
Enjoying it, hating it, going to China later ect.

[Alex Shulgin]

[paulmanser]

The debate about that is over.

Chill

[paulmanser]

It might be less accepted but I will still get *A* job in Torun, Poland.

[Khrystene]

[paulmanser]

critisize........something you do too much khryst, .....only mistake was no P on *prague*. Torun, I TO I place ppl in every town/city, including Torun. hint hint.

[paulmanser]

At 11PM you wont care too much about 1 mistake like capital P.......................take a chill pill.

pollux and 1 other offered great advice which I respect but a few others just have *a go* none the less from *wotever* I say on this forum.

*It's not me, it's you*

[paulmanser]

Go a little easy on newbies yes?

[Khrystene]