ANGOL SZKOLA ANGIELSKIEGO - WE NEED 5 BRITISH ENGLISH LECTURERS ASAP - OCHOTA

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 13:18 #31
Angol is derogatory anyway. On jest Anglikiem is ok but Angoly is a rather rude name for the English. A little bit ruder than Sassenach.

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,399 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 13:35 #32
Nope, it stops being derogatory when used by an Englishman about himself or his compatriots. If I call myself Polak, it is perfectly OK and even cool.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 13:36 #33
I agree, pawian, but that wasn't my point. Anglo would have been a better name IMHO.

LwowskaKrakowThreads: 49 Posts: 504 Joined: Mar 9, 07 MEMBER ♀	Oct 2, 11, 18:10 #34
Again, time for the usual Chris Bradbury warning. You are Hysterical Delphiomine, thank you for your hilarious posts , your description made me laugh for 10 minutes.( always good to relax on Sundays) Having said that it is also important to warn potental teachers that this businessman might not offer them the moon...

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Oct 2, 11, 18:34 #35

You are Hysterical Delphiomine, thank you for your hilarious posts , your description made me laugh for 10 minutes.( always good to relax on Sundays)

Haha, thank you :) If you want, you should read the other threads of his - all of them should serve as a warning to newbies in Poland, and perhaps actually reflect how many Polish people do business (even if he's British ;))

Angol English School - looking for a native English speaker with TEFL
English Teacher Required In Warsaw - Would Prefer Callan Experience

There's more, but these are the funniest ones.

Having said that it is also important to warn potental teachers that this businessman might not offer them the moon...

What's funny about him is that he was offering 50zl an hour brutto to teachers - in a city where 1zl/min netto is seen as the bare minimum.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 18:57 #36
English natives are sometimes a desperate bunch with pie-in-the-sky ideas. They often talk of schools but end up doing nothing about it.

Angol2011	Oct 2, 11, 21:16 #37
Hello, Although I really want to comment on many of the things you have said, I am going to be the bigger man. Kind Regards, Christopher Bradbury.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 21:20 #38
Do you mean lektory or wykładowcy, Chris?

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Oct 2, 11, 21:32 #39
Although I really want to comment on many of the things you have said, I am going to be the bigger man. In other words, it's all true - so you're not going to bother saying anything. :) If there ever was a definition of "fly-by-night ESL cowboy", this is it.

Brit-Pol

Oct 2, 11, 21:32 #40

Yawn. Do you know who Chris Bradbury is?

As has been pointed out you are nothing more than a cyber bully. You should consider yourself lucky that Chris Bradbury is such a mellow individual. I have no desire to be an English teacher/tutor but let's be clear about one thing. Were I to decide to teach or alternatively open a school and you started your perpetual insulting and mud slinging with me in the way you have this Bradbury chap, I would have no qualms in finding you and tearing you a new rectum.

As has been pointed out you are a cyber bully.

The way you trash this guy is unbelievable!!!

Who appointed you the baseline by which all polish based English teachers/English schools should be measured against??

This isn't some personal mission to ensure the English taught in Poland adheres to some sort of standards. This is clearly a personal animosity you harbour.

Give the guy a break and stop trashing him at every opportunity you get.

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Oct 2, 11, 21:57 #41

As has been pointed out you are nothing more than a cyber bully.

Yawn yawn yawn.

You should consider yourself lucky that Chris Bradbury is such a mellow individual.

Why? He's said enough stupid things on here to get him into a lot of trouble with the powers that be - I don't think the Polish tax authorities will be too keen on foreigners dodging taxes, huh?

Were I to decide to teach or alternatively open a school and you started your perpetual insulting and mud slinging with me in the way you have this Bradbury chap, I would have no qualms in finding you and tearing you a new rectum.

Sure you would. In all likelihood, you'd sit there and cry behind your guest username, like 99.9% of internet tough guys.

The way you trash this guy is unbelievable!!!

Aw. Perhaps you should help him, then, if you care so much about him.

Give the guy a break and stop trashing him at every opportunity you get.

Perhaps when he stops masquerading as an English teacher. Maybe.

hythornThreads: 6 Posts: 843 Joined: Feb 21, 08 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 22:01 #42
tearing you a new rectum it is all about bottoms with you people

Brit-Pol

Oct 2, 11, 22:27 #43

Sure you would. In all likelihood, you'd sit there and cry behind your guest username, like 99.9% of internet tough guys.

In all likelihood.....so you're not absolutely sure. Just so you are left in not doubt. If you trashed me the way you do him I'd find you.

Bullies always get their comeuppance.

Again, who appointed you the baseline by which all polish based English teachers/English schools should be measured against??

I don't know the guy, I owe him nothing, similarly he owe's me nothing but your bullying of him which you try to mask as concern for students/teachers alike is a personal vendetta.

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Oct 2, 11, 22:49 #44

I have no desire to be an English teacher/tutor but let's be clear about one thing. Were I to decide to teach or alternatively open a school and you started your perpetual insulting and mud slinging with me in the way you have this Bradbury chap, I would have no qualms in finding you and tearing you a new rectum.

Brit-Pol. As you yourself imply, you don't know much about the English Language-teaching business. If you've read all the posts on this thread and feel like sticking up for a guy who seems to be doing his best to earn a crust, I see where you're coming from; British sense of fair play, rooting for the underdog and all that. I'd be with you in other circumstances but you should bear in mind the fact that there are a lot of people in Poland who are running cowboy outfit schools that rip off good people who don't know better. Callan is a joke method that was rumbled decades ago. The simple fact is that if you could pass FCE in a quarter of the normal time, everyone would be doing it...and they aint.

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Edited by: delphiandomine Oct 2, 11, 22:58 #45

but you should bear in mind the fact that there are a lot of people in Poland who are running cowboy outfit schools that rip off good people who don't know better.

It's not even a matter of being ripped off, as merely working for someone who doesn't know his arse from his elbow. His previous posts (claiming that teachers are responsible for paying their own tax, which we all know is bollocks, for instance) tell you all you need to know about him - I simply wouldn't trust him to do anything right.

Bradders has been caught lying on this forum many times before - is it really a surprise that people are making fun of him?

(and let's be honest - anyone who needs 5 NATIVE SPEAKERS NOW clearly hasn't been doing his homework - anyone credible will have a bank of CV's already lined up. I'm potentially going to be looking for a native speaker in January - I already have about 20 CV's on my computer.)

antheadsThreads: 13 Posts: 306 Joined: Jan 21, 11 ♂	Edited by: antheads Oct 2, 11, 23:31 #46
never mind

Angol2011

Oct 3, 11, 12:17 #47

Delph,

When did I lie? I have never lied on this forum.

Many Polish people have gained a lot from The Callan Method, have you ever taught Callan?
Callan is just one of the methods I teach, but I still stand by Callan as I have really seen
it work.

If Callan is taught properly, people progress very quickly as the method states. But it does
depend a lot on the teacher as well.

Quite short on time, so I will leave it at that for today.

Rgs,

Chris.

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Oct 3, 11, 13:40 #48

As has been pointed out you are nothing more than a cyber bully. You should consider yourself lucky that Chris Bradbury is such a mellow individual

Hi Chris

Callan is a joke method that was rumbled decades ago. The simple fact is that if you could pass FCE in a quarter of the normal time, everyone would be doing it...and they aint

Well, it is pretty Mickey Mouse and I wouldn't do it but I do know people who tried Callan at a different school and were very impressed. My colleague said she was speaking from the first day - something that a lot of Polish teachers will not get the students to do. Alright she was taking a load of rubbish in the lesson but it built her confidence for later classes.

Oh yes, for exams its crap. Definitely

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Oct 3, 11, 13:44 #49

Many Polish people have gained a lot from The Callan Method, have you ever taught Callan?

"hello, my name is Basia"
'what do you do Basia?'

*silence*

If Callan is taught properly, people progress very quickly as the method states.

There's no such thing as Callan being "taught", for a start.

Well, it is pretty Mickey Mouse and I wouldn't do it but I do know people who tried Callan at a different school and were very impressed. My colleague said she was speaking from the first day - something that a lot of Polish teachers will not get the students to do. Alright she was taking a load of rubbish in the lesson but it built her confidence for later classes.

My honest opinion is that it's fantastic for complete middle aged beginners. They get the confidence through the first couple of stages, at which point, it should be dropped and other methods used.

I've seen a stage 11 class utterly fail to have a proper conversation. Hardly a mark of confidence for the 'method'.

woodgeyThreads: - Posts: 43 Joined: May 22, 11 ♂	Oct 3, 11, 13:47 #50
I've seen a stage 11 class utterly fail to have a proper conversation Ha - I've seen CPE candidates unable to hold a conversation, despite going through the conventional methods. Some students are just useless at conversing.

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