UMeryl Davidson ugqibe ikhosi yakhe yeTEFL nePotfoliyo yesiNgesi kwiZiko leeLwimi lweYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch kwaye emva koko waba ngumfundisintsapho wesiNgesi eSouth Korea ithuba leminyaka emibini. Isiqinisekiso sikaMeryl seTEFL sikuvumela ukuba ufundise isiNgesi njengolwimi lelinye ilizwe ekhayeni naphesheya kolwandle.
Sibuze uMeryl imibuzo embalwa ngala mava ateketeke malunga nokuhambela kwamanye amazwe kunye nokusebenza phesheya kolwandle.
Yintoni eyabangela ukuba uthathe isigqibo sokwenza iTEFL?
Ndathatha isigqibo sokwenza iTEFL ngelixa endandingafumani msebenzi osisigxina apha eMzantsi Afrika, ndandisiba mdala kwaye ndifuna ukuzikhathalela. Ndandikwanomnqweno onzulu kakhulu wokufuna ukuhambela kwamanye amazwe, ke ngoko ndacinga ukuba lelona thuba lifanelekileyo eli ukuba ndilisebenzise.
Zeziphi iingcango ozivulelwe sisiqinisekiso seTEFL?
Ndichithe iminyaka emibini ndifundisa isiNgesi eSouth Korea. Ndikwahambele neSoutheast Asia iphela kule minyaka mibini – into abanye abantu abangenokuyithetha.
Ihlabathi ndiye ndalibona ngolunye uhlobo, ndilujonge ngembono entsha kwaye yaba ngamava okutshintsha ubomi. Bendingenakukwazi ukuyenza le nto ukuba bendingakhange ndenze isiqinisekiso sam seTEFL.”
Ndinomdla wokuhamba okungummangaliso kwaye ndithanda ukuzijikeleza ngenkcubeko kunye nezithethe ezahlukeneyo. Ndakha ubuhlobo kunye nobudlelwane obuqinileyo bexesha elide, kwaye ndisaqhagamshelana noninzi lwabantu endandidibene nabo ngexesha endandiphesheya kolwandle. Ndikonwabele kakhulu ukungena nzulu kwinkcubeko yaseAsia kwaye ndenza izinto ngendlela abenza ngayo. Umzekelo, ngelixa ndandisiza apha eMzantsi Afrika, kwakunzima ukuba MANDINGAZIKHULULI izihlangu ngaphambi kokungena endlini okanye emzini womnye umntu!
Zeziphi iindlela ikhosi yeTEFL ekuxhobise ngazo kumsebenzi wakho?
Ikhosi yeTEFL endiyenze kwiZiko leeLwimi kwiYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch yayiyinkqubo ebanzi ngokumangalisayo nethathe iiveki ezine. Kwezi veki zine sasilungiselelwa naziphi na iziganeko ezinokubakho kwigumbi lokufundela isiNgesi njengolwimi lelinye ilizwe. Ngokwenene ayikho into enokulungiselela ubomi phesheya de ube uyaya ngokwakho, nangona kujalo, ikhosi yeTEFL ngokuqinisekileyo indilungiselele kangangoko into emandiyilindele kwigumbi lokufundela ngeendlela ezininzi.
Ngaba ungabelana nathi ngezizathu ezintathu ezibangela ucinge ukuba ukwenza ikhosi yeTEFL kunye nokusebenza phesheya kolwandle kube yinto umntu anokucinga ukuba angayenza?
- Akukho mvakalelo ikwenza ukhululeke ngakumbi njengokuthatha isigqibo malunga nento ethile okanye eyahlukileyo oyinqwenela ngokwenene.
- Ikutshintsha ngendlela ongenakuyicingela. Indlela ocinga ngayo, imibono yakho kwaye nendlela obona ngayo ihlabathi iyatshintsha. Yonke into obucinga ukuba uyayazi ivele inyamalale.
- Ukuzimela kwakho yeyona nto inexabiso elikhulu kuwe. Akukho ndlela ingcono yokuzimela eyodlula ukungena kwindawo ongayaziyo ungena wedwa. Hlukana nokuva ngokuviswa ngobunjani belizwe. Zibonele ngokwakho!
Ngaba ungathanda ukwenza ikhosi yeTEFL?
Usentlahleni: ikhosi yethu esisigxina iyaqala nge26 kaJuni kwaye ikhosi yeTEFL engesosigxina iyakuqala nge24 kaJulayi kwaye isekhona indawo ukuba unomdla. Kodwa kufuneka ufake isicelo nge16 kaJuni kwikhosi esisigxina nange14 kaJulayi kwengesosigxina ikhosi.
Siza kuphinda sibenazo ezinye ezingakumbi xa kuphela unyaka.
