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[joeuconn]

Dear English Teachers:

Last August I travelled to Krakow, Poland to teach English as a foreign language. I had a great experience as I loved the city, made many friends, and found an excellent job at the Lincoln School of Foreign Languages.

My move to Poland was made easier by posters on Dave's ESL who answered many of my questions. Now, in the interest of returning the favor, I would be happy to answer any private or public inquiries regarding teaching English in Poland.

Regards

JB

[dan_m]

I am moving to Poland in the new year. When does the second semester start. I also have two pets a small dog and cat. How does appartments respond to pets there.

[pagliacci]

[svenhassel]

i am not at all tolerant of barking dogs,one of the negative aspects of poland is the canine problem. polish dogs are generally untrained and quite vicious, the smaller ones are the worst.

I'm in a small town here and it seems there must be one dog for every two people, is this ratio typical in poland, it doesn't seem to be the case in krakow. Apartments and dogs seems to be the norm around here. I understand people have to keep them for security reasons as the police are so useless, i'm sure it wouldn't be a problem keeping one, just don't keep it near me.

You've started me wondering if i could get away with gradually poisoning all the local dogs or just the worst offenders maybe, but don't tell anyone. native speaker pet serial killer wouldn't do the profession any good.

steak and rat poison fifi?

[joeuconn]

In response to your questions:

- For most schools in Krakow the second semester begins in late February / early March.

- I never had any problems with barking or aggressive dogs in Krakow, and I think svenhassel's comments are exaggerated.

[dan_m]

well that's ok there are dog people and non dog people(and then dog eaters in China). Anyway my dog never barks bits or defends itself. it is completely dosile. He seems to enjoy pain???

In krakow are there any good kindergarten jobs??

[Grrrmachine]

I don't think many people here will tell you "ooh, there's a job going at this place" as the Krakow teaching market (purely from reading this board) seems to pushing the saturation limit. Your best option is to do a bit of research yourself and try and contact them directly.

[svenhassel]

i noticed a few adverts for native speaker nanny/aupair jobs while i was in massolit (the bookshop) in krakow and there are places which look like nurseries around the town in which english is used. the point being, there is a demand for kindergarden level english teachers in cracow.

as for the cannie canine comments, i can assure you i am not exaggerating about the number of dogs but then i don't live in krakow, i live in a more provincial area which doesn't have the high level of police presence you notice in Krakow. Dogs are kept here for security reasons rather than as pets, so the more vicious and noisy the better. Oddly enough, i was talking to a polish colleague and she remarked how all the dogs in england were jolly and friendly and seemed to actually like people unlike in poland, she was surprised after having lived in this aforementioned provincial. but i think she may have been wearing her rose tinted glasses on the visit as she thought the english lived up to their well mannered, tea at 5 stereotype. she had a point about the dogs though.

S

[Setanta]

Second semester in Krakow tihs year starts from end of January/start of Feb.

[gregoryfromcali]

[neant]

Joeuconn,
what about students in Poland? Do they really want to learn English? Are they good in it?
Were your students smart, talkative?
Friendly, amiable?
Any nice female students?

Regards

[gregoryfromcali]

[Belmont]