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Posts by slick578  

Joined: 14 Apr 2009 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 15 May 2011
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Posts: Total: 16 / Live: 6 / Archived: 10 		From: Świdnica
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slick578   
15 May 2011
Life / Popular Polish blog and chat sites [65]

Try this blog: doyouspeakpolish.blogspot.com

It's updated often, has reasonably interesting posts and was featured in GW last year.
slick578   
17 Dec 2010
Work / Favourite English textbook (to learn/teach from)? [13]

Market leader is too over used and pretty out much out of date, in fact, when it was new it felt out of date, lol

but I guess to teach from it's easy and if students like it I suppose it could be a winner. Business Result is a textbook creeping into most schools now. I have no opinion about it but it definitely has a better look
slick578   
17 Dec 2010
Work / Favourite English textbook (to learn/teach from)? [13]

I agree about Headway Advanced, it's probably the best in the series. I've never tried FCE expert so i'll give it a try.

I wanted students opinions not on textbooks as self study books but as books they have experience with in class. Many of my students for example love English file series but I'm not so sure that's my fave to teach from.
slick578   
17 Dec 2010
Work / Favourite English textbook (to learn/teach from)? [13]

what are peoples favourite English textbooks to either learn or teach from? We all must have some sentimental preferences. Personally, mine is Headway as it was the first textbook I ever used in a classroom but to be honest, now I think there are better on the market.

doyouspeakpolish has just started a poll on the matter
doyouspeakpolish.blogspot.com

offering six or so choices, but I thought a thread here might be better way to find out, maybe some unheard of textbooks might appear?

any opinions?
slick578   
25 Apr 2010
Love / Polish Women Versus Your Local Women ? [289]

Going way back to the original question, I found this on...
doyouspeakpolish.blogspot.com

I think the writer is right on the mark. I have been married to a Pole for two years and I agree with every point. More so cos I'm an English teacher aswell...
slick578   
29 Sep 2009
Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

I can't transfer money to internationally using by accesing my account online, it says I need to go into the bank to do it and the fee is £25 (which doesn't seem cheap)

I am being paid in Zloty's to me Polish account which is fine but I'd like to have all of my money in one place.

Although, it might be easier just to take cash out of the bankomat when I need access to my £ funds.
slick578   
29 Sep 2009
Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

I bank with Millenium and think they offer pretty good service,
at least compared to the UK any how.

Foreaxmple there was a delay in issuing my debit card as my first name isn't recognised in poland or whatever, so to say sorry they gave me two usb sticks? random but loads better than my experiences with natwest and barclays in the U.K.

Interestingly, what is the best way (cheapest) in peoples opinions to transfer cash from a UK account to a Polish one? I see no reason to keep my natwest account anymore.