Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to become a teacher and share my knowledge and experience with people. I have also deeply felt that I want to encourage my students to fully achieve their learning potential, especially those ones who are le

Looking back at my experience, in 2004 the Head of the European Policy Department of the European Union Giuseppe Cesari nominated me to carry out a 70-hour promotional campaign of language learning in Poland. This project sought to raise European citizens’ interest in learning languages through a number of promotional and awareness-raising actions which I conducted as the, so called, Language Supervisor-an instrumental figure who was selected and prepared for this purpose. These actions were mainly directed towards the adult population and were introduced within the existing social settings. I received formal training and I was expected to introduce a linguistic approach to help tackle the problems posed by language barriers in various communities. I was also monitoring other trainers’ performances during their teaching sessions. Since arriving in the UK, I have been working as both a part-time and a full-time community interpreter, ESOL and Functional Skills tutor, translator and language assistant providing assistance and support to migrants and people with multiple language barriers. I have been working for the NHS as a medical interpreter and translator