My name is Daria Polishchuk. I am originally from Ukraine but have been living in Prague, Czech Republic since 2013. I have always been amazed by languages and I kind of knew from the very young age that it is something I want to work with in the future.
It all started with English when I was 10 years old, by the age of 14, English was not enough, so I randomly picked Italian and started learning it on my own. Shortly before moving to Prague, I started learning Czech as well. At different times in my life I also spent some time learning French, Portuguese, Latvian, Hebrew and Danish.
Swedish came along when I was 17 and I have been devoting my time to it in one way or another ever since (from non-obligatory courses at the university to self-study to a full degree in Scandinavian studies and finally teaching). During my studies I spent 3 weeks at the summer school in Axevalla folkhögskola in the west of Sweden, 4 months in Blekinge Folkhögskola in the south of Sweden, 5 months at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and 5 months at Stockholm University.
I have been teaching Swedish since 2016. During that time I’ve worked for several different language schools in Prague as well as offered individual classes as a freelancer. At the moment I’m teaching both company and individual courses at James Cook Languages in addition to my own courses. At JCL I’ve also completed a number of teacher training courses. Since the pandemic started, I’ve also attended a fair number of online webinars about online teaching.
In June 2021 I got a Master’s degree in Scandinavian studies at Charles University in Prague.
