An Interesting Offer
Two weeks ago a friend of mine contacted me and asked for help. He came to Sweden from South Africa a year ago and he’s been working full-time ever since. As such, he doesn’t have time for taking regular Swedish classes, nor energy for evening school. So he asked me if I had some ideas for him to help him learn Swedish. Needless to say, ideas I had!
My friend and I during our study session in the city library
Private Lessons
I offered him to be his private tutor. I am already teaching Swedish language full-time and I’m loving it! So I thought I was qualified enough to teach privately, just to a single student. I hadn’t had private students until that point, but I thought it would be fun. And, indeed, it proved to be a nice and rewarding experience. My friend is a quick learner and his prior knowledge of Afrikaans and English helps him make a swift progress in Swedish, another Germanic language. It’s fun to work with him! And I’m always up to make some money aside from my main job. Side hustles is a great way to put one’s time and energy into cash, while having fun. Don’t you agree?
Now we are meeting once or twice a weeks in the city library for 90-minutes study sessions. We work on all four skills in the course of our lesson: reading, listening comprehension, writing and speaking. I am cheering for my friend and I am confident that soon he’ll be speaking Swedish well enough. Please wish my friend good luck!
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well done for helping a friend and good luck to your friend :)
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Thank you, my friend! I'm also getting paid for my tutoring service, so it's not just altruism, you know. :)
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I know it's still good though
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So when are you going to teach me Swedish language?
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a) at SteemFest in Lisbon,
b) whenever you come to Sweden to visit me. ;)
Until then, c) www.DuoLingo.com
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Lol! Ain't you going to come to Africa to teach me?
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That would be a very expensive tutoring service! ;)) Prepare to fork over all your hard-won STEEM, friend! :-P :D We’ll call it “Hard Fork 20” and I’ll ask you to describe your feelings about it in ten words… in Swedish!
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Hahahaha! So funny. Are you on steemit.chat?
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I am. But it’s not working for me at the moment for some strange reason. After I log in, it doesn’t load any of the channels. Is it working for you?
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No. You may want to come on discord. I'll login there later.
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Teaching is one noble profession that requires certain skill sets- understanding your student's level of comfort in learning and adjusting your style accordingly, not to mention the tons of patience required for this. Kudos to you sir!
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This comment made my day!! :)))))))))))))))))))))))))) Thank you!!
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My pleasure! Glad to hear it, the least I can do after....
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HAHAHA
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Hahaha!!.. :D No, you won fair and square, because you were the worthy opponent and a great player! Good luck in the final!
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Thank you! I was kinda scared a bit to battle with you seeing how you almost always reply first! Luck played a huge part hehe. I hope Miely is not dreaming during the final round. Lol
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Learning someone is a great job! I'm teacher too! :)) Wish you luck in your job:)))
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Indeed, learning someone can be a project of a lifetime! ;) But I’m single, so I’m focusing on learning myself. :)
And yes, teaching others is a very meaningful and rewarding work! What do you teach, @pepe.maya?
By the way, Eckhart Tolle is one of my favourite authors too!
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I'm so glad you like Eckhart Tolle. I'm hight school sociology teacher.
And of course you will find your soulmate :))) @oleg326756
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wow. it looks that you enjoy teaching :) I'm planning to travel on sweden (in my dreams for now, LOL). Kidding aside, I am also an educator, I really love watching my students grow from time to time.
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