
{"id":10751,"date":"2020-07-23T08:55:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T06:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/mentors\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T21:11:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:11:23","slug":"mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/en\/mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"py-16\" id=\"\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex align-middle flex-col desktop:flex-row gap-5 \">\n      <div class=\"flex-[60%] flex justify-center  flex-col align-middle\">\n        <h1 class=\"text-3xl leading-tight fullhd:text-7xl desktop:text-6xl font-bold  flex flex-col  \">\n  <span> Our Team of External Mentors <\/span>\n<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"h-1 bg-brand w-20 my-6\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"text-2xl\">\n          We believe in learning from the best; it works for our teachers and it works for our students.  The Bridge cooperates with some of the most accomplished ELT professionals in the world.\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"py-10 flex flex-col tablet:flex-row gap-3\">\n                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"flex-[40%] tablet:min-w-[480px] w-full desktop:max-w-[550px] flex align-middle\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ill-kurz-ucitel.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"self-center w-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section><section  class=\"py-16\" id=\"team\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"mb-14\">\n    <div>\n      <h2 class=\"fullhd:text-[56px] desktop:text-[40px] text-[28px] leading-tight  font-bold text-neutral-100 text-center flex flex-col gap-6 mb-6\">\n        <span>It is Effective to Learn from the Best.<\/span>\n        <div class=\"bg-brand w-12 mx-auto h-[3px]\"><\/div>\n      <\/h2>\n              <div class=\"text-center text-2xl max-w-screen-desktop mx-auto\">\n          \n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 mobilexl:grid-cols-2 tablet:grid-cols-3 desktopxl:grid-cols-4 gap-8\" x-data>\n              <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 items-center rounded-xl border border-natural-10 p-6 pt-12 \">\n          <div class=\"w-full flex justify-center\">\n                        <div style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/foto-15s-300x300.jpg')\"\n                   class=\"w-[160px] h-[160px] bg-cover bg-center rounded-lg\"><\/div>\n                      \n        <\/div>\n          <div class=\"text-center flex flex-col gap-2\">\n            <h3\n              class=\"fullhd:text-2xl desktop:text-xl  font-bold\">Katar\u00edna Vankov\u00e1<\/h3>\n                        <p class=\"desktop:text-lg text-sm\">Katar\u00edna Vankov\u00e1 is an experienced HR professional who has worked in several international companies. She is currently involved in HR consulting, mentoring and headhunting.<\/p>\n          \n                  <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 items-center rounded-xl border border-natural-10 p-6 pt-12 \">\n          <div class=\"w-full flex justify-center\">\n                        <div style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fotka-AH-2023-ruzova-300x200.jpg')\"\n                   class=\"w-[160px] h-[160px] bg-cover bg-center rounded-lg\"><\/div>\n                      \n        <\/div>\n          <div class=\"text-center flex flex-col gap-2\">\n            <h3\n              class=\"fullhd:text-2xl desktop:text-xl  font-bold\">Anna Hud\u00e1kov\u00e1<\/h3>\n                        <p class=\"desktop:text-lg text-sm\">Anna Hud\u00e1kov\u00e1 is an experienced mentor and expert in strategic HR management, with extensive experience as an HR leader in international companies, including 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class=\"prose prose-base\">\n                      Anna Hud\u00e1kov\u00e1 is an experienced mentor and expert in strategic HR management, with extensive experience as an HR leader in international companies, including Slovak Telecom and Sanofi Group. She is dedicated to developing leaders and management teams in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and is a co-founder and coordinator of the Open HR Forum, which connects and inspires HR professionals. Her expertise spans the implementation of strategic HR systems and processes, HR business partnering, and building international corporate cultures. Currently, she serves as an external advisor to the President of Anglo-American University in Prague. 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She spent six years as the Director of Studies at International House Bydgoszcz in Poland, where she was responsible for teacher training and development.\r\n\r\nSandy is also an active member of various professional organizations, including IATEFL, where she has presented at annual conferences since 2012, and MaWSIG, where she currently serves as the Joint Website Coordinator. She has also attended and presented at numerous local and international conferences and has conducted workshops and training sessions in many different contexts.\r\n\r\nIn addition to her teaching and training work, Sandy is also a materials writer and has published several books, including the ELT Playbook series and an ebook of speaking activities called Richer Speaking. 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He served as a teacher trainer at PILGRIMS from 1974 to 2019, and for many years he has also acted as a trainer and mentor for language teachers at the annual University of Oxford summer school.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario has had a significant impact on the methodology of teaching English. He is the main advocate of humanism in language education, lecturing and training at conferences and educational events for teachers worldwide. He has co-authored numerous books, most famously including Grammar games, Once upon a time, Vocabulary, Creative Writing and Humanising Your Course Book.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at The Bridge, Mario has helped us to design a feedback system and consulted our teaching methodology. 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His latest textbooks include Evolve (Cambridge University Press), Studio (Helbling), Straightforward (Macmillan) and Inside Out (Macmillan). He has significantly contributed to the research on using one\u2019s native language in teaching foreign languages and has authored the prestigious award-winning book Translation and Own-Language Activities (Cambridge University Press). He was involved in the development of several language learning (predominantly vocabulary) mobile apps, regularly publishes in professional journals and writes a blog on technology in language learning at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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