Introduction

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Mrs. Halyna van Eek-Smakal

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe

It is the second largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and north-east. Ukraine also shares borders with Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the south; and has a coastline along the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. 

Ukraine  covers about 600,000 km2 with a population of about 40 million. The nation's capital and largest city is Kyiv.

1989-1994

Drohobych State Pedagogical University named after Ivan Franko, Master of Arts with honours (Cum Laude), degree of the teacher of English and Russian language and literature

1994-1997

English teacher at  a grammar school (gymnasium) in Stryi, Ukraine

1997-2000

Theology study at Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands

Master of Divinity with honours (Cum Laude)

2000

English teacher at Specialised English school (tweetalig vwo) in Stryi, Ukraine

2000-2004

English teacher at gymnasium, lyceum, technical school primary school in Zbaszynek, Poland.

2005

English teacher at technical school (ROC Aventus, Apeldoorn, the Netherlans)

2008-2009

English teacher at KSG in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

August 2009 up to the present

English & Anglia teacher at Christian lyceum in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

April 2022 - July 2022

English, Ukrainian, Dutch as a second language teacher at ISK, Edison college in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

from 2003 up to the present

the owner of translation agency H&H Connecting and Translating in Epe, the Netherlands

from 2008 up to the present

sworn translator of Ukrainian, Russian, English and Dutch

from 2024 up to the present

English teacher at De Heemgaard in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

5 languages:

Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English, Dutch

2 children:

1 dog:

My favourite holiday is

a beach holiday on Fuerteventura (The Canary Islands)

My hobbies are:

Reading, travelling, sunbathing, cooking 

I am a teacher of

1. English
2. Russian
3. Ukrainian
4. Dutch as a second language

I do not speak

1. English
2. Ukrainian
3. Russian
4. German

I speak ... languages

1. 4
2. 2
3. 3
4. 5

I have ... children

1. 1
2. 0
3. 2
4. 3

I have ... dogs

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 0

I do not like

1. reading
2. travelling
3. knitting
4. cooking

your ideal English lesson

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