{"id":5170,"date":"2018-06-12T19:45:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T17:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skrivanek.sk\/uncategorized\/were-done-with-teaching-for-the-summer\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:31:43","slug":"were-done-with-teaching-for-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.skrivanek.sk\/en\/were-done-with-teaching-for-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re done with teaching for the summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The approaching summer holidays often signal the end of regular teaching in company courses. Staff and teachers take holidays and instead of cancelling lessons repeatedly, they prefer to resume the course in\u00a0September.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However logical this is from\u00a0an organisational point of view, what it often inevitably leads\u00a0to is that hard-earned knowledge is reliably washed away by memories of the sea and summer barbecues. Taking a break from\u00a0language for a few months is not good for the\u00a0brain. It’s roughly the same as running three times a week for nine months, eating healthily and then taking a break from running for three months and\u00a0eating fast food.\u00a0Getting back into shape<\/strong>\u00a0will then be very difficult and\u00a0mostly demotivating, just like starting from\u00a0scratch.<\/p>\n

So how do you avoid starting from scratch\u00a0after the summer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First\u00a0of all, try to convince your colleagues in HR that you want to\u00a0continue in the summer.\u00a0<\/strong>Many companies don’t allow this option, but in\u00a0the current era of two percent unemployment, employees have a major say in\u00a0benefits, and if you can make a good case for the importance of continuity, you may be able to convince the company. After all, it is better to cancel a few lessons than to lose touch\u00a0with the language altogether. If you cancelled some lessons over the year, summer is also the perfect time to make up for them. Summer is also a time when companies often book various intensive courses in a professionally focused language or courses focused on softskills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you do not have the opportunity to continue your corporate training,\u00a0develop a system of self-study<\/strong>. For some students, summer is an opportunity to finally read a book or watch a series in\u00a0peace. If you do so in\u00a0a foreign language, you kill two birds with one stone. If\u00a0you desire a more organized option, try e-learning. Just sit down to do\u00a0it for 15 minutes a day and that\u2019s\u00a0all.<\/p>\n

And even if you are not planning to travel abroad over the summer, you can still be more adventurous with the language at home. Try planning a regular get-together over a beer with\u00a0a bunch of enthusiasts, where you have a conversation exclusively in\u00a0the foreign language. If you enjoy writing, try, for example, postcrossing, a project in which users send postcards from\u00a0all over\u00a0the world.<\/p>\n

Mgr. Tereza Najberkov\u00e1, Language School Methodologist<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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