Wednesday, July 22, 2009

It's a Bowl!

Starting on September 29 (according to my contract, although I'm pretty sure there is a week of training beforehand) I will be working for Wattsenglish, Ltd. Here is an excerpt from the 'About Us' section of their website

Wattsenglish is a UK registered limited company and with schools and franchised branches in Central Europe, is one of the leading organizations specialising in young learner language education. ...

In relation to our daily activities we concern ourselves with, the implementation of trained native English speaking teachers into the Czech education system., the outsourcing of our teachers to kindergartens and primary schools, the teaching and managing of our own specialised language kindergartens, after school lessons and clubs, as well as regional events. These are all areas in which Wattsenglish continues to push the boundaries of good teaching practice. It is our constant aim to enthuse young learners with the desire and motivation to communicate in a second language which stays with them for life. ...

Our teachers come from many different places and backgrounds but are all trained native English speaking teachers and hold a Wattsenglish certificate in the teaching of English to young and very young learners. The Wattsenglish teacher training programme (as accredited by the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport) enables our teachers to understand the benefits of building a relaxed and encouraging English speaking environment, to be able to pull on a wealth of ideas and activities as well as to build confidence in working with rich and varied resources and materials for their learners. ...


Here is the video sample I sent them during the interview process:


You're going to have to turn the sound on your computer up really loudly, because I recorded it with my digital camera. I bought the camera in 2005, so in technology years, it's ancient! After watching it, you will get an idea of what their teaching method is like, with the constant repeating in unison of simple sentences. I will see most of you soon, but if the next time I see you after that, I talk to you like a 6 year old learning English for the first time, I apologize in advance.

2 comments:

Jess said...

Hi Maggie! Congratulations on your job!

From Chicago with Love said...

haha I'll try to pay attention then!