Diana Turcas, BA (Hons)
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I was born in Romania but moved to Canada with my family after the fall of the Communist regime at the beginning of the 1990’s. I grew up and went to school in Toronto, however for my undergraduate studies, I decided to leave the parental nest and move to Ottawa where I completed a Bachelors (Hons) in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a minor in Political Science.
I have always had an avid interest in learning languages, discovering new cultures, and exploring the unknown. ‘Unknown’ to me was also Austria up until March 2007, when I arrived here ‘equipped’ with only a suitcase, some German, and numerous guide books and maps on Austria and Vienna. One year later, I’m still exploring and the more things I find out about Austria, its culture, and its people the longer I want to stay here.
My exploration is also made easy by being an English Trainer. Teaching and learning English is not only about grammar and vocabulary but it is also about getting to know people of various backgrounds with unique and interesting personalities and it’s about the exchange of knowledge and of life experience. As an English trainer, my level of contentment and gratification doubles when I see my students not only making progress in English, as a language, but also learning and exchanging ‘life lessons and experiences’. And all of that through English!