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Sashadroogie
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| Sheesh! It's 'grammar NAZIS'! And I'm a 'grammar communist', I'll have you know, hic! My granddad won the Battle of Berlin single-handedly hic... |
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Scawie
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| Mr.Engrish wrote: |
| How old are you guys? I imagine, for the grammar natzies at least, early 30's to early 40's? |
Nazis
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HTH |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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I don't discuss personal matters on public forums spiral78, sorry old chap
Trust me, I wasn't asking for or expecting any personal information.  |
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Richfilth
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Location: Warszawa
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr.Engrish wrote: |
| How old are you guys? I imagine, for the grammar natzies at least, early 30's to early 40's? |
I find it professionally embarrassing to be lumped under the same label of "language teacher" as you. I know that EFL teaching isn't exactly a respected vocation, but with your approach to the language, can you look your students in the eye and tell them they're getting their money's worth? If you can't even maintain a basic standard of the language on a website, what are you like in a classroom?
Poles pay you to be an expert. If you show them you are not, they will chew you up and spit you out. Not that I care; I make my living cleaning up the sorts of mistakes made by "teachers" of your ilk. |
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Aw, that's a bit harsh. He does call himself Mr Engrish after all. No false advertising there... |
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justflyingin
Joined: 30 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:15 am Post subject: |
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| Scawie wrote: |
| Mr.Engrish wrote: |
| How old are you guys? I imagine, for the grammar natzies at least, early 30's to early 40's? |
Nazis
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My grandpa was born in Berlin. 
40's here...
Speaking of people who have problems.
I shudder when my American friends who say things like "He busted the water fountain" and "He done it" claim to be teaching English! Please DO NOT TEACH ENGLISH if this is the way you talk. Though I don't think most on this forum do.
The books and tests here are all in British English. My son had an English test at school (no fair, huh)--but it is kind of a bragging point for our public school if our kids can score well. (It definitely looks like the English teachers are doing their jobs)--and when he brought it home, I saw he had missed a couple. It wasn't a problem with his English (as in American)...but he didn't know what a flat was. I'm not sure he knew what a lorry was either. "At the weekend" is a problem as well.
I educated him. Actually, we've talked about some of the differences, but sometimes they just come up in tests. Brits will score better on those tests simply because they use the same grammar at home. --I mean, we NEVER say "He has got a sandwich." We say, "He has a sandwich."
The word "got" (in that context) grates on my dh and I think he'd scream if we started saying it.
But I absolutely love hearing a well-educated (in English) Polish person speaking with a British accent. (Most of the time they just have a Polish accent.) |
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Sashadroogie
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Have to admit that 'on the weekend' grates with me. I mean, do we say 'on the end of the something' or do we say 'at the end of something'? Hmmm.... just because we say 'on Saturday' doesn't mean we should transfer that same preposition to other time expressions too.
...hang on, which page is this? |
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| When was yer Grandpa born exactly? We might be related! |
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Blasphemer
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
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| Sashadroogie wrote: |
Or even just to fall foul of...
But the image of a deflowered pheasant or some other bird will long stay with me.... |
LOL... thnx! |
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justflyingin
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Sashadroogie wrote: |
| When was yer Grandpa born exactly? We might be related! |
Born in 1894. Last name, or "surname" Gruetzmacher. Very few people have that name. |
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maniak
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| Bump to the top. Im surprised by the lack of responses here... |
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Janek
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Chuckie O
Joined: 14 May 2011
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| I read that Schools do not like it when you teach outside of their classrooms. Some contracts state this, so I've heard. Is this the case in Poland? I'm assuming that a privet is a private lesson, outside of school. |
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delphian-domine
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| Chuckie O wrote: |
| I read that Schools do not like it when you teach outside of their classrooms. Some contracts state this, so I've heard. Is this the case in Poland? I'm assuming that a privet is a private lesson, outside of school. |
Depends on the place and the school. Generally though, the more generous the contract, the more restrictive it'll be in terms of this sort of thing.
I've seen quite a few contracts where the school is paying for accommodation and 2,5000zl a month - and in return, the teacher is tied to that one school. Seems fair enough, especially as these contracts will pay you during the holidays too. |
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Chuckie O
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| thanks for the info. Do you know if these accommodations are any good? or do they reimburse you for the place you select? |
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