scottie1113: If you want a native speaker (American) who can explain grammar, sit in on my classes.
I actually wonder if people like you won't become massively in demand sooner rather than later - while everyone can get a 20-something native speaker who is only here because of some girly (and who has no commitment to staying in the place) - not everyone can get someone who actually knows his stuff and who has lived life, so to speak.
mafketis: A native speaker with good Polish skills almost had to beat customers off with a stick.
Still the case, I think. So few of them can actually speak Polish to a decent standard that it's likely that the ones that can explain English in Polish can still name their price.
mafketis: Also by now, the working assumption of most Polish people is that a native speaker of English who can't speak Polish (or who isn't even learning) has no special training or is of less value than a Polish teacher with a diploma or two.
I had this discussion yesterday with a very experienced Polish teacher (who has the diplomas to back it up) - and we came to the conclusion that there's just no point in hiring a native these days, unless you actually want to go from "great" to "perfect".
The only thing I've found as being a "difference-maker" in over 3 years was that I could teach a class on things like business and law without needing to do much preparation - whereas a Polish teacher would have to sit down and learn the specific terminology. Most Polish teachers do tend to be quite poor in terms of specialist vocabulary.
(just thankful that I've chosen to specialise in teaching kids and get papers in that direction....)
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