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Tako se glasi pesem slovenskega pesnika Toneta Pavčka, s katerim sva del mladosti preživela v mirnopeški dolini, in katere zadnji del sem si izposodila za svojo (na literarnem natečaju v Trstu 2012 nagrajeno s 1. mestom) kratko zgodbo. 

Odraščanje v majhni dolenjski vasici me je močno povezalo  s slovensko zemljo – naravo in živalmi; pravljice, ki sem jih prebirala vsakodnevno, pa s slovenskim jezikom in kulturo.

Predniki (tudi ukrajinska babica, ki je dedka spoznala med drugo svetovno vojno v nemškem taborišču) so poskrbeli za strpnost in odprtost do drugih kultur, za pogum, vztrajnost in trdoživost ter zaupanje v življenje. Verjamem, da se vse zgodi z razlogom, in človek lahko naredi vse, kar si želi. 

Svojo učiteljsko pot sem začela v osnovni šoli, kjer me je prvo uro poučevanja v razredu pričakalo 6 otrok s posebnimi potrebami, 2 Roma in deklica iz Albanije, ki ni znala niti besede slovensko. Sledilo je 5 let poučevanja v 4-ih osnovnih in eni srednji šoli, nato pa sem se osredotočila na poučevanje odraslih priseljencev – predvsem v programu Začetna integracija priseljencev (ZIP). Ta (180-urni program) poleg učenja slovenskega jezika predvideva tudi spoznavanje slovenske kulture, zgodovine, družbe …,  

Vodila sem več kot 70 skupin, tečajnike iz različnih držav, z različnim predznanjem, na vseh stopnjah … 

Metode dela prilagajam učečim, tako da upoštevam njihova zanimanja, zmožnosti, predznanje … in je moja podpora življenju z novim jezikom čimbolj optimalna. 

This is a poem by the Slovenian poet Tone Pavček, with whom we spent part of our youth in the valley of Mirna Peč, and the last part of which I borrowed for my short story (which won 1st place at the 2012 Trieste Literary Competition). 

Growing up in a small village in Dolenjska strongly connected me with the Slovenian land – nature and animals; fairy tales that I read every day, with the Slovenian language and culture.

My ancestors (including my Ukrainian grandmother, who met my grandfather during World War II in a German camp) provided tolerance and openness to other cultures, courage, perseverance and tenacity, as well as trust in life. I believe that everything happens for a reason, and a person can do anything he wants. 

I started my teaching career in elementary school, where I was greeted by 6 children with special needs, 2 Roma and a girl from Albania who didn’t know a word of Slovenian for the first lesson in the classroom. This was followed by 5 years of teaching in 4 primary and one secondary school, and then I focused on teaching adult immigrants – mainly in the Initial Immigrant Integration (ZIP) program. This (180-hour programm), in addition to learning the Slovenian language, also provides learning about Slovenian culture, history, society, etc.,  

I have led more than 70 groups, students from different countries, with different backgrounds, at all levels … 

I adapt my working methods to learners by taking into account their interests, abilities, prior knowledge, etc. and my support for living with the new language is as optimal as possible.