Expats in banska bystrica.

3POSTS

9 years ago

Hello all聽

my name is Matthew Mifsud and I am currently living in banska聽 bystrica with my slovak聽 wife.聽 I have been living there for the last 2 years and I've haven't聽 met any other foreigners living there yet. I've just joined the group today hoping I'll find expats in this city. Also,聽 if anyone knows of any classes that can be done part time in the area to learn slovak聽 as I am really struggling with the language.

Hope to make contact with all

Kind regards.

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尘颈职办辞飞 New member

5POSTS

8 years ago

Hi Matthew,

I am a South African born Aussie married to a Slovak living in Banska bystrica. I moved here in Dec 2007 and returned to Perth in 2012. I have now come back to be with my family and return at the end of April.

I was an ESL teacher here for 4 years and can introduce you to other expats in the town as well as advise you where and how to learn Slovak.

where are you from? and which part of the town do you Live in?

Michel.

matthewmifsud Member

3POSTS

8 years ago

Hello

Thanks for getting in touch. I am living in podlavi膰e so really not far from banska聽 city centre. I work in the UK聽 so always trying to balance my home and work time. I was asking around for lessons and one person wanted to charge me 25e聽 an hour which has put聽 me off seeking help in the past lol.

Ps.聽 I've got family living down under

. Must have been a big culture shock when moving from one place to another.

尘颈职办辞飞 New member

5POSTS

8 years ago

Hi again Matt,

You can try Contact J谩n Gr茅ner at iC Centre Jazykov谩拧kola ()聽 as he provides Slovak for foreigners Courses and work in conjuction with the Local university so as to provide international student state recognised language certification in accordance with EU education recognition framework.

His Contact details are as follows:

J谩n Gr茅ner
+421 911 403 004
jan.grener@ic-center.sk
Lazovn谩 11, Bansk谩 Bystrica.

I also recommend purchasing a books titled:

Slovak for you/Sloven膷ina pre v谩s.

and:

Sloven膷ina ako cudz铆 Jazyk

***

May I ask what work you do In England?

regards Michel

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matthewmifsud Member

3POSTS

8 years ago

Good morning Michel,

Thanks for that info ill definitely look into it.

I work in the offshore industry as a chef working on oil rigs. You have them in OZ聽 as well as one time I was looking into moving down under and found my company Sodexo聽 operates there as well.聽
I was looking at teaching English part time here in Slovakia maybe privately as I dint have any experience whatsoever. How did you get into teaching?

Regards.

Matthew.

Sulli1 Member

1POSTS

7 years ago

Hello i live on and off in bansk谩艩tiavnica not聽 to far from聽 bb

Stevie Gallacher Member

3POSTS

7 years ago

Hi there,

I noticed your comments in this thread when I googled teaching English in Banska Bystrica. I'm moving there with my Wife in March and would be greatly appreciate any advice that you might have on teaching English there. I've been teaching English in Bratislava for the last 2-3 years and have really enjoyed it.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Steve

Lewismulholland New member

4POSTS

7 years ago

Good evening . Don鈥檛 know if any of you are still in the town , but I moved to Bansk谩 Bystrica last month . Would love to have some advise ect on work or just a friendly chat.
Cheers Lewis

Stevie Gallacher Member

3POSTS

7 years ago

Hi Lewis,

Snap. I've also just moved here and on the lookout for work.

Where are you from in England?

Best regards,

Steve

benny1380 Member

22POSTS

7 years ago

#10

I'm in Prievidza, just down the road ( about 40 mins )

Can't say much for teaching in BB, I don't know about it there. But I've been teaching here for around 5 and a half years so far, and still going!

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Stevie Gallacher Member

3POSTS

7 years ago

#11

Hi Benny,

Sounds good. What's the going rate per hour with teaching over there?

PM if you like.

Thanks,

Steve

Lewismulholland New member

4POSTS

7 years ago

#12

I鈥檓 from Cambridge mate. All completely new for me here but willing to give it a good bloody go. Give us a shout when you鈥檙e free fella

TomTom28 Member

2POSTS

7 years ago

#13

Hi, I can come to any place to teach cooking, massage, martial art, as I am a master in these things among many many other subjects award from the princes of Thailand a lot of different awards as well. If anyone wants to arrange some courses for me to do of course we will split the profits= Example massage for neck, shoulder courses 4 hours learning from a master 50 euroes= 10 people minimum, or bigger profits for more people of course. In all cases, you would book the place, time, price, advertise and that would be part of your job?

Paul Newman 888 Member

1POSTS

5 years ago

#14

Is this still valid?

margaretask73 Member

1POSTS

5 years ago

#15

Hi guys, Im living in Bansk谩 Bystrica over 2years. Im slovakian but lived in Uk over 15 years...I started to miss the british culture and my uk friends, if anyone is interested in a friendly ch谩t sometimes聽

Happy Easters

slavka.s. Member

1POSTS

2 years ago

#16

Hey everyone. I'm Slovak living in the UK for about 9 years and I'd like to meet some expats here in Banska Bystrica while I'm visiting my family. Please let me know if you'd like to meet for a drink or two

savcoleiro New member

4POSTS

2 years ago

#17

@matthewmifsud Hi Matthew. My partner is from Banska Bystrica and I am Maltese. Soon I will be there for a short holiday on the 28th Dec , as till now we are living and I work in Malta. We are planning to retire in Slovakia. Till then I have to prepare myself to live there. My big concern is the slovak language but for sure I will comunicate in english language as well. I know that it will be better to know basic slovak but I have time to learn some slovak words and meaning from my partner. I came there already聽 there for 10 times and visited a lot of places. I like Slovakia very much and looking forward to start to live there.

Kristina Bilkova Member

1POSTS

9 months ago

#18

Hi there, 30 y.o Slovak from BB here. I am actually commenting as my partner (also 30 y.o.) is Dutch-English. We have a toddler, and we would like to meet some people who speak English to hang out with. Anyone interested, or any recommendations on where to go to do so?