Well, well, well. Where does one start when assessing such a course? Anyone who's ever been a student of Mgr. Marek Vit is going to flat-out tell you how great his classes are. I doubt that's a coincidence. In fact, I've never heard a single serious complaint against him or the way he teaches English. Every time I hear people talk about his lessons, it's in superlatives only.
I dig how easy-going he is. I swear I've never seen him frown. Not once. Even if you couldn't somehow think of the most trivial thing ever at the moment, he wouldn't chew you out for not knowing it. Instead, he'll try to help you with whatever it is you got wrong and get you on the right track in a positive, uplifting manner. Respect.
The idea of blog assignments is also something that shows how studying/learning doesn't have to be the most boring process on the planet. Writing these actually gives me a chance to do something about my writing skills, which I don't exactly think highly of, and enriches my vocabulary along with it. I have to admit: I spend a lot more time on this than I ever thought I would.
I was going to complain about the fact that we don't use the coursebook enough, but hey. This is college. Self-study. That's what you should be doing anyway, if you want to really learn a language. No school is going to help you with that by having you sit in a room, going through excercises you can just as well do at home. The classes are there for people to interact, and in that regard, these classes, again, deliver.
I almost wish there was something really bad I could point out because typing this, I'm earning some major minus points in my social sphere. But I don't care. When someone's this great at what he or she is doing, especially when it's teaching, I will show my respect and admiration for the person. It should be every man's virtue, to be honest. This is a fact. And just in case naysayers are reading this: bite me.
Disclosure: The title of this article is grammatically incorrect on purpose.
Monday, January 6, 2014
An English Party, You Say?
Throw a party mere days before finals begin? Challenge accep-... DENIED. Come on! That'd be insane! Or would it? Yeah, it probably would. That's why we didn't throw a party, and instead went for a small, peaceful, alcohol-free get-together. And it wasn't all that bad!
Rather than booze, the few of us stockpiled food (and non-alcoholic beverages). Nothing too fancy or pricey, just some candy, simple sandwiches, hot dogs, soda... basically, things a poor college student can afford. After this was taken care of, everything was ready for the most killer party ever. Only it wasn't a party. And even if it was, it wouldn't exactly be the "most killer" one ever. But I digress.
We started off by reflecting on the past few months. These being our first months in college, there was quite a lot to talk about: the differences between a high school and a university way of education (namely crying about the self-study part), the classes we take, the professors who teach us - the common stuff. It was not all about school, though, and we obviously discussed the Christmas break as well. I believe someone even brought up abortion at some point during the night, although I'm not sure I want to know why.
While the reason we got together was to have fun, it was also to brush up our English. Trying to learn new vocabulary that would soon be needed in the finals was one area we focused on, among other things. However, it was met with varying success, and honestly, I can't help but feel we're yet to realize how badly we underestimated this part of the exam when we're given the results back.
That's pretty much it for the party/get-together. It was nice to hang out with some of my new college friends and I can only hope we'll get to do this more often.
Rather than booze, the few of us stockpiled food (and non-alcoholic beverages). Nothing too fancy or pricey, just some candy, simple sandwiches, hot dogs, soda... basically, things a poor college student can afford. After this was taken care of, everything was ready for the most killer party ever. Only it wasn't a party. And even if it was, it wouldn't exactly be the "most killer" one ever. But I digress.
We started off by reflecting on the past few months. These being our first months in college, there was quite a lot to talk about: the differences between a high school and a university way of education (namely crying about the self-study part), the classes we take, the professors who teach us - the common stuff. It was not all about school, though, and we obviously discussed the Christmas break as well. I believe someone even brought up abortion at some point during the night, although I'm not sure I want to know why.
While the reason we got together was to have fun, it was also to brush up our English. Trying to learn new vocabulary that would soon be needed in the finals was one area we focused on, among other things. However, it was met with varying success, and honestly, I can't help but feel we're yet to realize how badly we underestimated this part of the exam when we're given the results back.
That's pretty much it for the party/get-together. It was nice to hang out with some of my new college friends and I can only hope we'll get to do this more often.
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