Hello weary traveller,
✒️In my head, I am a rockstar and a world-famous writer, but in reality, I am a certified ESL teacher with over 15 years of experience who enjoys going to concerts and wandering from one fictional universe to another.
✒️My name is Kaya (Kaja), I was born in a beautiful city called Krakow, which is located in Southern Poland, but I also lived, worked, and studied abroad - in South Korea, Taiwan, and France - for over 6 years in total.
✒️I used to work with all ages and levels but several years ago I made a decision to work with the groups I connect with the most - teenagers and adults. I teach various English programs, such as General or Business English, but my true passion is beating the FINAL BOSS of the English Language called EXAMS (Cambridge First, Advanced, TOEIC, IELTS, etc) as I consider it the biggest challenge for both students and teachers. There is also nothing more satisfying than seeing your students gain confidence, break their language barrier, and ace the exams they were so terrified of.
✒️More than two years ago I decided to take matters into my own hands and became self-employed.
Although terrifying at first, my tiny Handy English project turned out to be the best option for my work-life balance and became the gateway to exploring my creative ideas constantly bustling about my brain.
✒️I am in constant need of acquiring more skills which can be useful for my professional as well as my private life, therefore a couple of years ago I finally focused on getting the "holy trinity" of Cambridge exams: CPE (Cambridge Proficiency) which I passed with the scale of 218 (I don't call it a B, I call it an A-), followed by CELTA (and getting a full A grade!). I am now only left with taking the BEC Higher (Business English) which I'm planning to do soon. I hope.
✒️Besides creating lesson plans and complaining that a day is not long enough I spend my time reading and watching classic science fiction and fantasy, listening to mostly rock-like music, dancing Zumba and swimming. I am also a huge animal lover so the pictures of my lovely cat might occasionally and unapologetically appear here.
