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I used to be an accountant but it didn't make me happy. After I discovered my interest in education during my gap year in Poland, I decided to follow my passion and took teaching as my life long career. I've taught people from different age groups and I'm currently doing masters in Applied Psychology at Boston College. I'd like to exchange my Chinese with your English or French or Polish. if you can communicate in either English or Chinese. Feel free to add me to your friend list.
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Matt
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Oct 28, 2011
A very well prepared and responsive student. I look forward to working with you again. :)
Tom Emery
English
Oct 27, 2011
It was nice talking to you Joy, your English is great!
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    I think the answer depends on different people and their learning needs. People come here with different goals. Some are self-motivated learners who look for steady and fast improvement; A lot of others are simply for fun, which means that they're not critical of the content as long as you are having a nice conversation. I guess understanding each student's expectation and setting study plan together with him/her would be of a lot of help. Personally, I would prefer an adaptive teacher who can give me exactly what I want. I would like to be pushed by an inspiring environment created by the teachers, with loads of information, and some guided challenges. I also enjoy good personal interaction with the teacher. Everytime when I talk to an inspiring person, I feel my life is changed somewhat in a positive way. So a successful class extends further than the development of language skills. I guess my answer does not provide details to specific way of a class that worked for me.Because basically if I communicate with the teacher well(in terms of goals and expectations), I wouldn't care much about the form it takes. I've enjoyed my session with you and found the one-on-one discussion over my writing with simultaneous screen sharing is productive. I think you are an amazingly good teacher with both the professional knowledge and the desire to help. Like what you are doing here-collecting suggestions- is good enough to show how much you care for your students.
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    Some recap I had a nice conversation with Przemek who helped me pick up some daily Polish. To help my self memorizing what I've learned. I'm going to publish my note here as a refresher. You may notice that I'm a real beginner of Polish who start from the very basic. I hope I'll be able to make progress later. Any comments are highly welcomed and I appreciate you guys help a lot. Greetings: Cześć Dzien dobry Jak się masz? Mam się dobrze, a ty? Ja też mam się dobrze, dziękuję. Farewell: Do widzenia [formal] Cześć [casual] Do zobaczenia [more casual] Na razie [very casual] dobranoc [good night] Expressing thanks: Dziękuję bardzo.[Thank you very much] Proszę bardzo.[You are welcome] Another way to use "proszę" Czy mogę do Ciebie zadzwonić? [can I call you?] Tak, proszę [yes, please] Some other short sentences Przepraszam [Excuse me] Witam w Chinach - [Welcome to China] Miłego dnia jutro [Have a nice day tomorrow] Mam nadzieję, że wkrótce wyzdrowiejesz[I hope you will recover soon ] Vocabularies: Chiny-Chinach kawa z cukrem kawa z mlekiem 6 sześć 7 siedem 8 osiem 9 dziewięć 10 dziesięć ( I always have problem distiguishing 9 and 10) Przemek if you by chance see this entry, I wanna thank you for your help and wish you beat your cold soon.Could you help me next time with the pronounciation of Polish Alphabet: A a Ą ą B b C c Ć ć D d E e Ę ę F f G g H h I i J j K k L l Ł ł M m N n Ń ń O o ó ó P p Q q R r S s Ś ś T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z Ź ź Ż ż
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    hi, Nichole,thanks for sharing

    I wonder if you are available recently, I'm interested in your course package of college application persuasive writing. I would like to take your course if possible.

    Joy

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    一切在变。

    这周未（末）我听过（得知）我九月就会上大学（与下面的英文有出入，直译是被东亚大学录取）。有太多的事情我需要考虑到，太多的事情要做。接下来的几月会很忙。
    This weekend I heard I was accepted by the School of Oriental and African Studies. There’s so much I need to think about, so many things I need to do, the next few months will be very busy.

    我需要搬家到伦敦，为我 （的） 三只猫找到一个好的地方生活，（我会很想念我的小猫）。我也需要买很多的书。I need to move to London, find a good home for my cats ( I will miss my cats). I also need to buy lots of books.

    这 门课程有很多要读的书（指定书目），开学以前，我必须阅读四本。在英国我们叫它Pre entry reading。那些书看起来很有趣的，它们叫（是） 《A History of Chinese Civilization》、《A Guide to Chinese Literature》、《Chinese》和《A new Introduction to Classical Chinese》。我真的很期待阅读它们。
    This course has many set books, before school starts I need to read 4. In England we call this ’Pre Entry Reading‘ The books look very interesting, they are called 'A History of Chinese Civilization', 'A Guide to Chinese Literature', 'Chinese' and 'A new Introduction to Classical Chinese'. I'm really looking forward to reading them.

    上大学不便宜，我得改变我的生活方式，开始储蓄。我还不能（依然不敢）相信我被亚非学院录取了。考上了这所大学，就像考上了牛津大学或剑桥大学！他们只招收最优秀，最聪明的学生，是很难拿到名额(的)，(它)让每个学生都垂涎三尺！

    Going to university is not cheap, I have to change my life style, start saving. I still can't believe I got accepted by SOAS. Getting into this university is like getting into Oxford or Cambridge. they only accept the best, most brightest students, places are very hard to get, makes every student drool!

    我知道妈妈为我感到很自豪， 但我也知道，她也非常担心我们怎么能（来）支付一切。我的家不是很有钱。搬家后，我需要找到一份很好的工作！（来）帮助支付我的生活支出。
    I know my mum is proud of me, but I also know she is very worried about how we will pay for everything. My family's not rich. After I move I need to find a good job, help pay for living expenses.

    我的整个人生(很)快就会（发生）改变！这是很令人兴奋的，而同时是很吓人的(令人惶恐)！
    My whole life is about to change. Its exciting, yet scary at the same time!

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