{"id":10,"date":"2025-01-18T16:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:59:58","slug":"o-mnie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/o-mnie\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I come from London, where I worked as an English teacher, preparing students for B2 First<\/a><\/u>, C1\u00a0 Advanced<\/a><\/u>, C2 Proficiency\u00a0<\/a><\/u> and IELTS exams.<\/a><\/u>I moved to Poland in 2005. I worked in language schools in Rybnik, \u017bory and Racib\u00f3rz, and also taught managers and employees at Elektrownia Rybnik, Ecolab, Mieszko SA and Kennametal. I took part in summer camps in Slovakia and Hungary. I was also a member of the jury of the Florian Nowak Theatre Festival in English at the 1st High School in Rybnik and the Foreign Language Song Contest in Chwa\u0142owice, where I witnessed the debut of the band October\u00a0Leaves.<\/a><\/u> In 2011 I graduated with a BA in English Philology from the NKJO in Gliwice.<\/p>

After returning to England in 2011 I spent 7 years there with my family. I worked in British Council accredited<\/a><\/u>schools and my wife, who is Polish, taught in primary schools and at a a Saturday school for Polish immigrant children<\/a><\/u> . On Saturday mornings I taught English Literature to teenagers from England. In 2014 I completed an MA in Media, Culture and Identity. As a teacher I have attended numerous training courses including an inspirational seminar in teaching pronunciation led by Adrian Underhill<\/a><\/u> , the creator of the phonemic chart seen in classrooms worldwide.<\/p>

I returned to Poland in 2018. Since then I have been teaching in Rybnik and online, collaborating with companies such as Pepsico, Mapal, Bihler and Vlassenroot. I have helped students prepare for their eighth-grade exams, high school exams and bilingual exams, as well as taking part in the Olimpiadzie J\u0119zyka Angielskiego.<\/a><\/u>\u00a0I have also supported high school students learning history in English. Many of my students from Poland and England continue their education, work or life in the English-speaking world.<\/p>

I am happy to have settled here as I love Poland and the Polish people. I have a large collection of DVDs of both classic and new series and a large library of books, which allows me to still have a good connection with my home culture. I am interested in history, do cryptic crosswords and enjoy socializing. I am also a long-time fan of Doctor Who<\/a><\/u> \u2013 an iconic part of British culture. Maybe some of you share my interests?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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O mnie Pochodz\u0119 z Londynu, gdzie pracowa\u0142em jako nauczyciel j\u0119zyka angielskiego, prowadz\u0105c zaj\u0119cia przygotowuj\u0105ce do egzamin\u00f3w B2 First, C1\u00a0 Advanced, C2 Proficiency\u00a0 i IELTS. Do Polski przeprowadzi\u0142em si\u0119 w 2005 roku. Pracowa\u0142em w szko\u0142ach j\u0119zykowych w Rybniku, \u017borach i Raciborzu, a tak\u017ce uczy\u0142em mened\u017cer\u00f3w i pracownik\u00f3w w Elektrowni Rybnik, Ecolab, Mieszko S.A. oraz Kennametal. Prowadzi\u0142em […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2274,"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nik-teacher.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}