By Amanda Harrison
A Central Michigan University student is starting her teaching career right where she's always wanted to be, in Poland.
Stephanie Jaczkowski, a senior at CMU. She's majoring in Political Science and Public Relations. and now she's being given the opportunity to teach abroad through the Fulbright award. This international educational exchange program is designed to increase mutual understanding between cultures.
Jaczkowski said she'll be teaching English at the University of Gdansk in northern Poland.
"So I'll be helping Polish students learn like the idioms of the English language and slang and some of the cultural aspects, like maybe teach them how to play ball or even how to enjoy watching a game of baseball. Things that are American but not necessarily something that somebody who is learning English in a different country would pick up on if they were just learning it from a textbook."
Jaczkowski said she plans to learn Polish and rediscover her family history while she's there.
A Central Michigan University student is starting her teaching career right where she's always wanted to be, in Poland.
Stephanie Jaczkowski, a senior at CMU. She's majoring in Political Science and Public Relations. and now she's being given the opportunity to teach abroad through the Fulbright award. This international educational exchange program is designed to increase mutual understanding between cultures.
Jaczkowski said she'll be teaching English at the University of Gdansk in northern Poland.
"So I'll be helping Polish students learn like the idioms of the English language and slang and some of the cultural aspects, like maybe teach them how to play ball or even how to enjoy watching a game of baseball. Things that are American but not necessarily something that somebody who is learning English in a different country would pick up on if they were just learning it from a textbook."
Jaczkowski said she plans to learn Polish and rediscover her family history while she's there.