Aleksandra Hadryś-Williams

Educator/Teacher

I am an English teacher at a Polish high school that also hosts the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. I am married to a Zimbabwe born Brit who is also an EFL teacher, and we're raising two bilingual girls. In my spare time I enjoy reading (especially reportage), learning about other cultures, and spending time outdoors with my family and friends.

Teaching, Learning languages, Cognitive Psychology, Developing meaningful relationships with people, Inspiring stories of human endurance, passion and courage (both movies and real life)

Anglophone culture, Language Acquisition, Teaching

My interest in TED first developed a few years ago as I started browsing the web in search of interesting, informative, well-researched materials I could use in my English classroom. My husband then introduced me to Chris Anderson's talk "TED's secret to great public speaking", and I was really inspired by the vision of TED being about "transferring the gift of an idea" into the minds of the listeners. I definitely feel like I have been blessed with those ideas numerous times since. Last year I had the opportunity to co-organize my first ever TEDx event along with a team of brilliant, passionate and inspiring students from the school I teach in. TEDxIILOPoznań Crossing Boundaries exceeded our expectations and left us hungry for more!

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