Posts by Criminogenesis

Criminogenesis

20 Feb 2011

Work / English tutoring help - do we need the TESOL certificate to work in Poland? [33]

Ah, you mean "dances done by people who think that it's Polish when it's actually done by hardly anyone in Poland".

Well my partner's certificate from a Polish university in Lublin would argue otherwise. If what your saying is true then it would hardly be

offered at university level right? then the Australian polish dancing concert Polart attracts professional polish dancing groups from Poland
every time its held and we have gone the last two times in a row. not to mention the Rzeszów festival that is held in Poland every 3 or 4 years, that

attracts groups from around the world, It sounds like you barely know Polish culture. If i can find out about these events and get invited to them, even get

scholarships from Poland to come learn Polish dancing there, it obviously must exist to some point. I feel sorry for you because you seem so negative about

everything and that means your missing out. If you want to back up all your arguments, when i am in Poland, why don't you come and meet me and i will show

you the job we have, the polish dancing we are doing and how much fun we are having. otherwise stay behind your computer, keep being negative because no matter what I'm going to Poland and its going to be fun :)

Criminogenesis

17 Feb 2011

Work / English tutoring help - do we need the TESOL certificate to work in Poland? [33]

are people in NZ giving you money to move to Poland?

basically yes.

wouldn't bank on it fella. If you can't speak Polish then I really really doubt that'll happen.

had a group of friends go to Poland 2 years ago, they all worked in bars. None of them
found it hard and they spoke bugger all Polish. I will at least be able to have everyday conversations by the time we get there.

Criminogenesis

17 Feb 2011

Work / English tutoring help - do we need the TESOL certificate to work in Poland? [33]

What's "Polish dancing"?

what do you mean what's polish dancing. try google searching it and it will give you millions of links to it.

Easy? not really. Most people are looking for teachers who have been here and know the score. You can always work for peanuts, but don't expect anyone to take you seriously. You'll also find that most people won't take a 22 year old seriously - you're just too young. For some reason, Poles prefer older teachers.

The polish ambassador for New Zealand already told us the opposite to this. She said it wouldn't be that bad and might be able to help

us in finding job placement. worst case scenario we can't get a teaching job, then im sure we can get a job in hospitality or since the

Warszawa university is a sister university of the one we go to, we could always get jobs that way.

you only have 90 days to sort out all the paperwork. It's also worth pointing out that if you get caught working without a work permit, then it's an automatic year ban from the entire Schengen zone. The 90 day Schengen limit is enforced for non-EU citizens - even if you're not caught in-country, you will probably get caught when leaving the zone. Border runs won't work, either.

The agreement between Poland and New Zealand, will get us a 1 year work and travel visa for all of Poland. so we won't have to worry about that.

Hi I am a Polish and from what I know my friend sister she went to teach there English and she did not had TESOL. I could ask for it if you like in more details. If you both got yours Certificate from Uni then I don't see a reason why any Polish school would say no. Which part of Poland would you like to go???

that would be cool if you could get more details. Current plan is most of the major cities and my partner wishes to go back to her grandparents homeland but supposedly that's now

part of Russia or something. I get quite lost with all the polish names but she knows.

The chap could be goin to live with some of his missus' relations. There was no mention of renting or anything like that. 1600zl a month would be alright if he wasn't payin any rent....but if he's gotta pay rent then yea OP you'd be better off trying to find work in a country where the money is better and the only country in Europe with a decent economy at the minute other than Poland is Germany.

Yes we are planning on staying with family as much as we can while we are there. Also we are asking the polish community to help fund us a bit, as my partner wants to bring back heaps of dancing knowledge. getting money from this job isn't the main point, we want to experience working in another country.

Criminogenesis

15 Feb 2011

Work / English tutoring help - do we need the TESOL certificate to work in Poland? [33]

Hey

So me and my partner are going traveling around Europe for a bit and we are going to stop in Poland for awhile. We figured an

easy enough way to earn some cash while we are over there is to teach English. What we are wondering is if we need to do

a course on teaching English as a second language. Most of the websites claim to teach English in Poland you need a university degree
and a tesol certificate. So does anyone know if we do need the tesol certificate?

some background....
we are both 21, although we will be 22 around the time we plan to be in Poland.
All my partner's grandparents were born in Poland, however her parents and her are New Zealand citizens.
Poland and New Zealand do have a work scheme set up to allow New Zealand and Polish people to get work visa easier.
We are currently trying to find a tutor to teach us polish. I am beginner level while my partner can understand a fair bit but cannot speak much.

We both will have university qualifications. I will have a bachelor of arts in Psychology and Criminology and my partner will have a bachelor of arts in sociology and media studies.

My partner and i are very active in the New Zealand polish community and my partner is a polish dancing teacher.

Criminogenesis

22 Nov 2010

Life / Polish history questions on the streets; Poles are not doing great. [37]

About New Zealand we know that there is lots of sheep,some warriors with a special combat song and that they were very brave soldiers in WW2 they fight here in Greece and in Creta.
Slavic issues are extremely important in my opinion.So many interesting nations like the Poles,the Russians,the Czechs and the Serbs and history books do not dedicate a word.

a 'special combat song' really doesn't describe a haka very well. You can perform a haka at many different events, they are not strictly for war.

New Zealand also has a female Prime Minister

Also a bit out dated. We have had a male prime minister for the last couple of years now.