TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
December 2002, Warsaw
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
For Monika Tomala
I have known Monika Tomala since the beginning of 2001. I had just moved to live in Poland and at that time I did not speak and could hardly understand the local language. Though the official language in the company I started to work for (The Boston Consulting Group) is English a working level of Polish was necessary for more efficient communication. I undertook individual Polish language classes and was lucky to have Monika as a teacher.
She tailored the classes to the requirements of my job adjusting them to my personal speed of learning. The supporting materials she was using were lively, interesting and contemporaneous. Monika possesses an exceptionally reach vocabulary, which enables her to explain new words by precise synonyms or relevant examples. Her considerable linguistic expertise made the notoriously difficult Polish grammar seem logical and easy. As a person Monika is very amiable and friendly. She was not only teaching me Polish language but was revealing a whole new world of traditions, culture and history. This helped me to better understand the country and its people.
Thanks to Monika I have mastered the Polish language to a near fluency and have quickly integrated into the Polish society. I have no hesitation in recommending her as a teacher to any foreigner who is willing to study Polish language.
Desislava Borkowska
United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) EU Pillar
Serbia and Montenegro, Prishtina
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