Semi Private Tutoring: German by Native German University Professor - All Ages

In private sessions students have the opportunity to receive undivided support to sharpen their language skills. My primary teaching style is full immersion. I design entirely focused on the specific goals, skill level and interest of the student. Private sessions are more intense than classes. In a beginner's German class the students will have fun learning a wide range of basic German vocabulary and phrases.  

With advanced students I will focus on strengthening the student's weak points (be it pronunciation, grammar or simply confidence) and increasing speaking, writing and reading skills as well as on attaining larger vocabulary in their fields of interest.

Being a native speaker I have found that in teaching German the most efficient and most natural approach is the language immersion model. The students will hear me speak a lot of German and will have fun repeating phrases after me. We will intitally focus on comprehension and then move to reading, writing and first grammatical concepts to understand German sentence structure. 

I am a very compassionate, encouraging and fun loving teacher and it is a joy to continuously see my students gain confidence in their speaking ability and pronunciation.

About me: I am a German language professor at two universities in Southern California and  have been tutoring and teaching in various classroom and private settings for the past 20 years - including language institutes, public charter schools and private schools. I am passionate about the German language and excited about students of all ages wanting to learn!

I speak high German (no dialect) and enjoy hearing my students develop an accent-free German, naturally by listening to me speak and by hearing themselves repeat German phrases till they become natural to them.   I teach simply because I love teaching, especially my mother language German! I believe German is such a wonderful language. Apart from that I am convinced exploring new cultures of the world is simply a lot of fun. One of my greatest joys is to spark an interest in your students to visit Germany or German speaking countries one day and apply their language skills.

I believe, especially for younger students, learning a language at home is the perfect environment to relax and feel at ease as we practice pronunciation.  

I have been hybrid-homeschooling my own children in elementary school and love that it allows them the freedom to develop and pursue their interests and skills to the maximum. 

In my free time I love to study music, listen to music and make music. I also teach piano and music theory and have been part of orchestras in Germany and the U.S. and by hearing themselves repeat German phrases till they become natural to them.  

Every class will begin with a review of the previous class. We will practice and reinforce what we learnt before we go into the new material.