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Alicja Szczepańska the owner of ALGO

@alicja_language_guide

My passion for learning languages and travelling has prompted me to create ALGO. I have been a language guide for others for several years. I am delighted you want to set off on a language journey with me!
Let’s get to know each other better!

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Who am I?

  • active English and Spanish language teacher for adults
  • professional translator specialising in business and marketing translation
  • MA in philology, ethnolinguistics specialising in English and Spanish at Adam Mickiewicz University
  • management and business communication graduate of Poznań University of Economics
  • holder of a postgraduate diploma in specialised translation, Adam Mickiewicz University
  • C2 Proficiency and TKT (modules: 1, 2, 3) certificates holder, issued by Cambridge English Language Assessment
  • specialist in teaching adults
  • specialist in tailor-made courses: I can design classes to suit your individual needs. I have already created lessons for wine enthusiasts, tennis players, nutritionists, travellers setting off to, for instance, Antarctica as well as business people.
  • language coach: I teach how to study languages and educate in business communication.
  • digital nomad: I travel and work.
  • boss: I manage my ALGO team.
  • British pronunciation and Spanish culture enthusiast

Algo more about me?

  • I am equipped with 10 years of experience in teaching languages at all levels to different age groups.
  • I teach general, business and specialised language.
  • I am particularly fond of the advertising language and translation of marketing texts.
  • I have cooperated with various industries such as for instance: automotive, fashion, and furniture as well as cultural institutions, universities and the largest language schools in Poland.
  • I dedicated both my master thesis and bachelor dissertation to business English and international marketing communication.
  • I gained international experience while working at Edward’s Language School in London and Spanish and Surf school in Fuerteventura, Spain.
  • I have mastered online teaching. I derive much joy from discovering new digital work tools.
  • I absolutely love travelling, I take advantage of online work and often work from different European locations.
  • I study French and Czech and I’m starting to study German. Being a student helps me to be a better teacher. 😊
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The story of ALGO

This is not another 'I quit my corporate job and put all my eggs in one basket' story. I have never worked a full-time job, but I have always known what professional path I wanted to pursue. As a child I dreamt of becoming a teacher, a CEO and tour guide. I taught dolls, stamped invoices for my teddy bears and, when I was on holidays, I pictured myself guiding an international group of tourists. Grown-ups told me that it was impossible to combine those three professions and they advised me to choose just one. Now I can confidently say that either I am still a child or they were wrong, because I am combining all these functions in one thus fulfilling my childhood dream. My unconventional study path has also been of help to me. In addition to a degree in philology, I also graduated from business communication studies. That was not an obvious choice for a language teacher and was even criticised. However, the skills I gained there come in handy every day for managing my own business and teaching business language. The moral of this story is that it is not always worth listening to older people, but is certainly worth chasing your dreams and consistently working towards your goals. This is how my ALGO language centre originated.

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