AUSPOL
3 May 2011
Life / Need Some Advice about life in Poland (vehicle, fuel) [24]
Hey guys and girls,
So im thinking of moving back to Poland possibly for a year or longer. I got some questions about ever day life and work, so hopefully i can get some grass roots advice :p
My first concern is a vehicle. I have read via these forums as cars in general are stupidly over priced in Poland and have generally speaking a hard life due to the state of some Polish roads. So i have a friend in the UK who is holding his car for me. So my first question is the car is from the UK and i dont mind driving back each year, how much is MOT and how much is registration fees? I assume that registration fee depends on the displacement of the engine and also the number of cylinders? So the car in question is a 6L, 12 cylinder car. Can anyone tell me how much it will cost to have a full year of registration in the UK? After that i assume i can drive the vehicle just fine it Poland and every year have to make a trip back to the UK to pass MOT and registration?
My second question is in regards to fuel and general distance the average vehicle owner traverses per week? Currently i reside in Australia and do anything from 250km a week (lit load) to about 500kms a week. I assume that this would be drastically less considering things are a lot less spaced out unlike here in Australia? What would be the average kms traveled per week for the basics of food shopping and working near by to ones housing?
So that's the vehicle side of things addressed, now onto work and native speaker employment. So i was born in Poland, speak Polish fluently and can read and write although extremely slowly, however, i was brought up in Australia from the ages of 2.5 years old. My written and spoke English is very good (university level) and as i have read the UK English is what is preferred in a native speaker over the US variant which is how we are taught here in Aus. What i would like to know is as a native English speaker and also fluent in verbal Polish would achieving employment be somewhat easier as i can converse in both directions to students? Also i have a double degree in Biomedical Science, would i be better off going through the ESOL course (quite pricey at about $3000 AUD for 4 weeks) or if i were to do one year of additional university to achieve a Bachelors in Education would that be on equal par with the ESOL qualification wise for a native speaker position? Furthermore, how much would a ESOL course cost if i were to do it in Poland (Lodz or Wrocław)?
Lastly i read somewhere on these forums that Universities are seeking native English speakers for medical degrees? The post was quite vague however stated that Universities are looking for natives to teach the terminology in English. Is this true and would this be more financially prosperous over teaching just English? I would theoretically teach Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Pharmacology. If anyone knows the pay rate for such work that would be great.
Lastly what are people options after reading the above about my work prospects in teaching English either at a school (primary or secondary), teaching at a language centre or teaching from home? Its quite possibly that i may have my accommodation free due to having family in Lodz, although i would prefer to live with either another English native or have accommodation provided by an employer.
Comments, criticisms, offers of getting drunk etc are all welcome :)
Ps. Will i get raped by fuel prices with a 6L, 12 cylinder car and how long before it will be on cinder blocks with its wheels missing? lol
Pss. Im also 25 years old, too young to be considered for such roles?
Hey guys and girls,
So im thinking of moving back to Poland possibly for a year or longer. I got some questions about ever day life and work, so hopefully i can get some grass roots advice :p
My first concern is a vehicle. I have read via these forums as cars in general are stupidly over priced in Poland and have generally speaking a hard life due to the state of some Polish roads. So i have a friend in the UK who is holding his car for me. So my first question is the car is from the UK and i dont mind driving back each year, how much is MOT and how much is registration fees? I assume that registration fee depends on the displacement of the engine and also the number of cylinders? So the car in question is a 6L, 12 cylinder car. Can anyone tell me how much it will cost to have a full year of registration in the UK? After that i assume i can drive the vehicle just fine it Poland and every year have to make a trip back to the UK to pass MOT and registration?
My second question is in regards to fuel and general distance the average vehicle owner traverses per week? Currently i reside in Australia and do anything from 250km a week (lit load) to about 500kms a week. I assume that this would be drastically less considering things are a lot less spaced out unlike here in Australia? What would be the average kms traveled per week for the basics of food shopping and working near by to ones housing?
So that's the vehicle side of things addressed, now onto work and native speaker employment. So i was born in Poland, speak Polish fluently and can read and write although extremely slowly, however, i was brought up in Australia from the ages of 2.5 years old. My written and spoke English is very good (university level) and as i have read the UK English is what is preferred in a native speaker over the US variant which is how we are taught here in Aus. What i would like to know is as a native English speaker and also fluent in verbal Polish would achieving employment be somewhat easier as i can converse in both directions to students? Also i have a double degree in Biomedical Science, would i be better off going through the ESOL course (quite pricey at about $3000 AUD for 4 weeks) or if i were to do one year of additional university to achieve a Bachelors in Education would that be on equal par with the ESOL qualification wise for a native speaker position? Furthermore, how much would a ESOL course cost if i were to do it in Poland (Lodz or Wrocław)?
Lastly i read somewhere on these forums that Universities are seeking native English speakers for medical degrees? The post was quite vague however stated that Universities are looking for natives to teach the terminology in English. Is this true and would this be more financially prosperous over teaching just English? I would theoretically teach Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Pharmacology. If anyone knows the pay rate for such work that would be great.
Lastly what are people options after reading the above about my work prospects in teaching English either at a school (primary or secondary), teaching at a language centre or teaching from home? Its quite possibly that i may have my accommodation free due to having family in Lodz, although i would prefer to live with either another English native or have accommodation provided by an employer.
Comments, criticisms, offers of getting drunk etc are all welcome :)
Ps. Will i get raped by fuel prices with a 6L, 12 cylinder car and how long before it will be on cinder blocks with its wheels missing? lol
Pss. Im also 25 years old, too young to be considered for such roles?