More than two decades ago Dinternal Education was formed from a connection between Great Britain and Ukraine. Along with our sister language schools, we've since grown to become the biggest provider of English-language education in the country but we've never lost sight of the power of partnership. That's why, together with our generous main prize sponsors
Alekom Tour, we're all very excited by our final competition to celebrate Pearson's 20th anniversary in Ukraine. Next summer one lucky student from a
Pearson Partner School will be spending two weeks in Great Britain, where they'll have the chance to study English with teenagers from many other countries and visit world famous destinations like London, Oxford, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Working together, we really can do more.
The competition itself will be announced in early December and will close at the end of March. Before then, here are the experts who'll be judging the entries:
Sam Cooke and
Wendy Grace are the founders of
Bright Schooling, a British educational charity which aims to make English language lessons accessible to as many people as possible. After teaching or lecturing in countries as diverse as Vietnam, Denmark, Taiwan, Kosovo and South Korea, both Sam and Wendy have spent a number of years working in English-language teaching here in Ukraine. Earlier this year
they partnered with Dinternal on a project to provide free classroom resources to schools in Mariupol.
Colin Gibson is a doctoral researcher in literature at the University of York. He has a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and an MA in English Literary Studies from the University of York. He worked as an English language teacher for six years between 2011 and 2017. He was born in Oxford but lived in a forest for the first six years of his life due to his father's job. His main interests are reading, writing, and playing football.
Aaron Fearnley comes from Rochdale, a town in the north-west of England. He studied Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Central Lancashire and then did his CELTA at the Manchester Academy of English. Since 2012, he has taught English in Britain, Hong Kong and Spain and travelled to four different continents. "I know from my own experience that English is a vital global language nowadays and I'm passionate about passing on my knowledge to give students the best chance to succeed."
Monika Sherry was born in Wroclaw, Poland but now lives and works in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. She worked for IBM in Bratislava and has taught English and Polish for a total of eight years, completing the CELTA while teaching in Paris. Her students have included film stars and workers from Chanel, Hermes and BNP Paribas bank. She loves reading, travelling and learning about new cultures.
Grace Thomas studied English Literature and Language with Creative Writing at St Mary's University in London. Since doing her CELTA in 2012, she's taught English in Spain, France, the Czech Republic, Britain and Italy, where she worked as assistant director of studies at a school in Naples. She now lives in Chester and works full-time for a company that organises study trips for teenagers in Britain.
Keep watching and good luck everyone!
Michael Hudson
Aaron Fearnley comes from Rochdale, a town in the north-west of England. He studied Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Central Lancashire and then did his CELTA at the Manchester Academy of English. Since 2012, he has taught English in Britain, Hong Kong and Spain and travelled to four different continents. "I know from my own experience that English is a vital global language nowadays and I'm passionate about passing on my knowledge to give students the best chance to succeed."
Monika Sherry was born in Wroclaw, Poland but now lives and works in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. She worked for IBM in Bratislava and has taught English and Polish for a total of eight years, completing the CELTA while teaching in Paris. Her students have included film stars and workers from Chanel, Hermes and BNP Paribas bank. She loves reading, travelling and learning about new cultures.
