Looking for native English speaker to teach in private school in Rawicz

English Native Speaker wanted to teach in a private language school in Rawicz Wielkopolska.
Rawicz is situated between Poznan and Wroclaw.

Teaching hours in late afternoon/early evening and or Saturday morning.

Please contact alanturner@lineone.net for mor information.

damn not got a teaching qualification :)

You don't need a teaching qualification - just be a native speaker

i could just see me teaching a class how to speak english they would all have scouse accents

scouse

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scouse
Inhabitant of Liverpool, strong dialect, (stereotype): Shellsuited, mulleted, car thieves.

I can just imagine it, "well today's lesson is the work guilty, repeat after me...it was not me pal, it was that dichead from Manchester whose guilty"

Only joking hunny, from one southern fairy (as you would call us) :O)

Just out of curiosity, what does a job like this entail, and what is the average pay?
I've seen many similar jobs posted around in the past, and have always wondered.
I'm a native speaker, and always wanted to spend time in Poland, so maybe something like this could be a good opportunity.

Basically it's teaching students the "nicer things" of the English language and a bit of slang too :)
It's more or less chatting with the students about current affairs, hobbies, why they want to learn English etc. You can prepare some games, role plays, crossword puzzles etc. or just get an article from a newspaper and have them read it out and see if they can fully understand what it is about.
So it is more or less conversation classes as the regular grammar classes are done by a proper teacher. Teacher qualifications for this job are not necessary.

There's always a Polish teacher in the classroom as for the native speaker it is not required to speak Polish, lessons will be done in English and if needed then the Polish teacher can explain something in Polish w.r.t. grammar etc. However, this is not always necessary as students can understand the explanation in English as well.

Students are at an intermediate level so can speak and understand English quite well.
Ages range from teenagers to business people.

This school pays approx. 50 zl per hour (after tax that's approx. 42 zl).
Not too bad for just chatting a couple of hours a week (approx. 20-25 hrs per month).

For more info send an e-mail to alanturner@lineone.net

That sounds like a decent deal.
Is this kind of money reasonable to live on in the area, or would I need a second job as well?
Also, how often do positions like this arise, as I'm currently employed in the Middle east, but would like to work in Poland in the near future.
Would getting a visa, accommodation, etc be difficult?

works out at 1050zl a month if do the full 25 hours
840zl if do 20 hours
this is based on the 42zl after tax will end up with

1050zl at todays current rate is £204 = $419 a month pay
840 zl is £164 = $335 a month pay

so i am tipping you would need an additional job to boost the earning somewhat, obviously dependant on your accommadation and costs of living really.

Thanks Telefonitika,

Something like this sounds like a decent opportunity to stay in Poland for a while though. I'm in the aviation business, but haven't seen many jobs in my field in Poland, so if I do ever decide to stay there, I'll most likely need to pursue a job like this one.
Is Poland a reasonable place to live, in regards to cost of living?

expats-in-poland.com/?mod=fs_cost_of_living

here you go this might help you a little

and to do conversion of currency go to here xe.com/ucc

Thanks again for the info, Telefonitika.
I appreciate the help.

This job is indeed a second job although this school may always be interested in giving you more hours if they like you and you get on well with students and other teachers.
Of course there are more private language schools around who would like to have a native speaker so you could consider working for 2 or 3 schools.

Working a 20-25 hours/month job alone would not be enough to make a decent living.
I think you would need at least double the amount, depending on the area and accomodation you want to live in.

Is zus paid in this job as well?

And what type of contract will you offer?

Are you trying to say that those involved in conversation are not real teachers. If someone taking a conversation class can't explain grammar then they shouldn't be in the classroom.

Example: What happens when a student asks.........Why did you use Past Simple and not Present Perfect ?
The student needs an answer there and then.

hello am a native speaker of english..i have good qualifications too,but am presently in ternopil national economic university study for my postgraduate degree in informatics,would love to do the job since ternopil is only two hours away from poland.you can contact me through this email..bignsirim@yahoo.com or text my cell on +380638292571. thank you expecting to hear from you soon.

Visit here for more opportunities and discussions on TEFL in Polands: davescafe.com and forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewforum.php?f=19

Yes, the native speaker who teaches conversation is not necessarily a qualified teacher.
The whole idea is that the students get used to a proper English accent and will learn to become comfortable when conversing in English. These students have separate grammar lessons which are being taught by a qualified (Polish) English teacher.
Conversation lessons with the native speaker are an extra service the language school is providing.

As I said, there is always a qualified teacher in the classroom during the conversation lessons so when the native speaker has difficulty explaining some grammar rules (most of the time the native speaker is able to deal with these issues) then the qualified teacher is there to back up. It's as simple as that.

i am not native english, but if you are looking for teacher who can teach englsih. i will be the best. i did english literature masters. and i have teaching experience for 3 years. i am residing in bialystok, poland and new here. i am studying m.b.a in university of finance and managment. i am interested and let me know if you are interested too.
my contact number is 513628237
my email address is tabu6666@rediffmail.com

Have you even read the thread? You expect to work for someone via this thread yet you do not even know what it is all about!!!

Note to oneself, please read all threads from start to finish otherwise I may look like a complete and utter clueless prick. (Reply #21 from tabu666)

Tabu if you had bothered to read what the original thread was about you would see all contact details are to be sent to the first email address.

Hi Tabu,

welcome to PF... you are a long way from home and I hope your enjoy the diversity. Its great that you are doing an MBA.... and the though that comes to mind is why do you want to teach English to children when you have a business degree with the potential to work in big company back home in South India. Recently, Singapore signed a CEA which allows Indian professionals to find jobs in Singapore and get work permits easily and you can send your CV to asia1.com.sg. I am assured that such an agreement would also be signed with Malaysia by mid 2008

Secondly,, people from the Indian subcontinent are not considered as "traditional native speakers", of English though some Anglophone Indians are considered to be native speakers by UK universities in the last few years. A total of 100 million native English speakers from a total of 1.4 billion people from the Indian subcontinent has not helped the remove the sound of the sterotyped Indian accent and malapropisms in the Indian English from the minds of foreigners.

Unless you are able to prove that you studied in a traditional Western English speaking country and have a TESOL/TEFL qualification and are able to closely mimic a native speaker's accent.... your chances of landing an English teaching job in Europe are very slim.

I hope you dont get offended by this post...but better a South Indian tells you this than you continue posting and get either no replies or get some replies filled with Western condescension. SEE THE ABOVE POST.. In case you are wondering why I wrote this to you.. its because I just called you up and took an interview to let you know what the real thing could be like. I hope that as an "MBA" to be..you do some self assessment after every interview.


I would suggest that you move back to the Indian Subcontinent and contribute to the development of proper use of the English language , try to find a business related job that may get you a work permit or if you are really so hung up on becoming a teacher of English then please move to CHINA , TAIWAN< KOREA or the ASEAN trade area. In recent years, Anglophone Indians have slowly been accepted as fluent English speakers if not native speakers by these Asian countries..try edcil.co.in


However, the money is quite low... 450-600 USD + accomodation and travel in China and the Asean REGION and 1500 - 2000 USD + accomodation and travel in Korea and Taiwan. Dont get tempted by the money as you will remain a teacher all your life and never be promoted... the Director will always be a Western native speaker and you will always be encouraged to mute your home culture and promote the virtues of the Anglo sphere countries...USA/UK etc. Any attempt to introduce the topic of your homeland will spark unease and silence in any conversation.


So be warned.... and advance at your own peril... if you are ambitious and outgoing, the lack of upward mobility will wear you out. Good luck with your life and enjoy Poland as long as you are here..

Czesc


PS.. Have you considered moving to the UK as a manager after your studies... they need managers in middle management positions .... and if you have the professional experience... then give it shot.

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Czesc Tabu,

I forgot to add that I hoped you enjoyed your years in England... and that I hope Poland will be equally exciting for you.. make the best of your stay here.

good luck

i would have sent all that in a Private message to tabu ... as its inrelevant to anyone or the thread!

czesc telefonita,

Oh yes you would have... and good for you lady. I wonder why you didn't just email your opinions to me...as it is also irrelevant to anyone else in this thread.. I am fairly sure that your opinion about my actions wouldn't interest anyone else looking for a teaching job.

As for me I would post it right here..so that I wouldn't have to keep writing to folks time and again.. and posting it here would make sure that others would read it and then consider the information posted here before following through with their posts.

Different strokes for different folks..c'est la vie

papa

most people looking for the teaching positions get directed to the numerous other threads that deal with all the teaching advice etc etc

im not saying that different things for different people dont work .. so no need to get so up your yourself in your wording!

Like you said, earlier, you could just emailed this to me as Private Message... but I think it seems like you like having the last word ...or am I wrong about that..

czesc

lol - seems you like havin the last word

Czesc Bubba,

nope... I am just trying to wind up the lovely telefonita a bit..but she hasn't taken the bait yet.. I am actually a very mild manner bloke if you ever meet me in person... ha ha ha.

have a good work week mate
papa

oops ...terrible typing over there..Overlook the typographical errors

keep trying ... :)

And grammatical!!

Do you guys need native portuguese speakers with experience?????? :) Trying to find a job over Poland, going there on next june 14th :)
If not, do you know any school who might be wanting portuguese teachers?

Dziękuję bardzo!

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Haha I like telefonitika the most and I wish she will win this competetion :)

Btw Indya, it was really irrelevant what you posted on this thread, sorry...