First impressions
The first two days at school have gone by very quickly. Time to recap a little.
The school (ETI Malta) is as well organized as I remember. The atmosphere is still the same - very professional but at the same time warm and welcoming. I met some of my former trainers and briefly spoke with them. It's always so nice to recognize people you know at an otherwise quite unfamiliar place and to be recognized by them in return. Then again, Malta is not very strange to me anymore. I feel very much at home here. You probably know the feeling - you know your way around, understand what people are talking about when they mention things, know a number of people. It's always nice for me to come back here.
My trainer this time is someone I've never had classes with before. I saw him around on my last visits, but, as I said I've never been taught by him. This time, things are a bit different. Since it was very important for me to develop my language, I asked to be assigned to the highest level group. So here's what happened: Monday morning it turns out that my group consists of three people - a very nice lady from France, a girl from Poland and myself. As the day progresses, it becomes more and more evident that Ella, the Polish girl, and me are way more advanced than the nice French lady. So by Tuesday, she decides to leave - very sadly, because I liked her open and curious personality. Tuesday morning there's another woman instead - the Italian Alessandra, also very nice, keen and funny. By lunch break, Alessandra also decides to switch back because apparently we're again more advanced. This leaves Ella and me with Peter, our trainer. I couldn't dream of a better situation. Classes are fast-paced, very interactive, very demanding. I'm learning so much just by observing Peter - one of the most interesting people I've ever met I would say.
What makes him so interesting you wanna know? Well, he's very well travelled. It seems to me that he's been everywhere on the planet. He speaks seven languages (but I think that he speaks more, those seven he probably speaks very well). He has lived in Canada, where he owned a sheep farm and worked as a sales rep on the side. He has taught trainers in a lot of developing countries, some of them being Nicaragua, Madagaskar, Ukraine. He's very passionate about the English language, which makes him a great teacher. These facts are just the most obvious things that make him interesting. There are many many more I'm sure.
As a teacher/trainer he's very attentive to our needs. Although he brings activities that he has planned to do with us, he's always willing to teach us more, add the extra information, explain an extra detail that will take us to the next level. It's just great.
In the evening when I'm home, I open my notes and practice - just because I feel like we're doing a lot of very useful stuff that I don't wanna forget.
So, you see, so far everything is as great as ever. Oh, and have I mentioned the nice weather? Ok now I'm trying to make you really envious. Truth is, though, I feel very grateful to have been given an opportunity like this once again. And with this, I'm off - sun is still shining you know.
The school (ETI Malta) is as well organized as I remember. The atmosphere is still the same - very professional but at the same time warm and welcoming. I met some of my former trainers and briefly spoke with them. It's always so nice to recognize people you know at an otherwise quite unfamiliar place and to be recognized by them in return. Then again, Malta is not very strange to me anymore. I feel very much at home here. You probably know the feeling - you know your way around, understand what people are talking about when they mention things, know a number of people. It's always nice for me to come back here.
My trainer this time is someone I've never had classes with before. I saw him around on my last visits, but, as I said I've never been taught by him. This time, things are a bit different. Since it was very important for me to develop my language, I asked to be assigned to the highest level group. So here's what happened: Monday morning it turns out that my group consists of three people - a very nice lady from France, a girl from Poland and myself. As the day progresses, it becomes more and more evident that Ella, the Polish girl, and me are way more advanced than the nice French lady. So by Tuesday, she decides to leave - very sadly, because I liked her open and curious personality. Tuesday morning there's another woman instead - the Italian Alessandra, also very nice, keen and funny. By lunch break, Alessandra also decides to switch back because apparently we're again more advanced. This leaves Ella and me with Peter, our trainer. I couldn't dream of a better situation. Classes are fast-paced, very interactive, very demanding. I'm learning so much just by observing Peter - one of the most interesting people I've ever met I would say.
What makes him so interesting you wanna know? Well, he's very well travelled. It seems to me that he's been everywhere on the planet. He speaks seven languages (but I think that he speaks more, those seven he probably speaks very well). He has lived in Canada, where he owned a sheep farm and worked as a sales rep on the side. He has taught trainers in a lot of developing countries, some of them being Nicaragua, Madagaskar, Ukraine. He's very passionate about the English language, which makes him a great teacher. These facts are just the most obvious things that make him interesting. There are many many more I'm sure.
As a teacher/trainer he's very attentive to our needs. Although he brings activities that he has planned to do with us, he's always willing to teach us more, add the extra information, explain an extra detail that will take us to the next level. It's just great.
In the evening when I'm home, I open my notes and practice - just because I feel like we're doing a lot of very useful stuff that I don't wanna forget.
So, you see, so far everything is as great as ever. Oh, and have I mentioned the nice weather? Ok now I'm trying to make you really envious. Truth is, though, I feel very grateful to have been given an opportunity like this once again. And with this, I'm off - sun is still shining you know.
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