English and German tutor with more than 3 years of experience

Tutor information

Gender

Male

Teaching experience

[Autumn 2019 — present] : German teacher at Phuong Nam Education, Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Vietnam. Class size: 5 to 15 students.

[Winter 2017 to Spring 2017]: Volunteer English teacher for Vietnamese students (1st to 12th grade). At Hermann Gmeiner School in Ben Tre, Vietnam (work mediated through AIESEC). Class sizes: 40 to 50 students.

[Summer 2016 to Winter 2017]: Volunteer German teacher for Syrian immigrants/ refugees. – At Flüchtlingsheim Köln-Höhenhaus, Cologne, Germany. Class size: 10-15 people.

[Autumn 2013 to Summer 2015]: Private English and German tutor for German High- and Secondary-school students, in addition to my university studies. – At Schülernachhilfe Köln-Dellbrück, Cologne, Germany. Usually teaching 1 to 5 students at a time.

Teaching approach

I usually give lessons for teenagers and adults ranging from 15 to 50 years old. I try to incorporate as much exercises on speaking as possible. Furthermore, I like to fix grammar and pronunciation mistakes. While strict in that regard, I teach with a friendly and comfortable style and composition.
I like to corporate games (e.g. dice or word/picture games) as well as various media into the teaching. I try to teach exclusively in English or German, but can switch to Vietnamese, in order to explain certain exercises and constructions too, if that is prefered by the learner.

Qualifications & achievements

2013 – 2019 _ B.A. English Studies (major)/ South East Asian Studies (minor) – University of Bonn, Germany. (3.2 GPA)
– Title of Bachelor Thesis: Finding Evidence for colloquialization and de-colloquialialization in 19th and 20th century English: A corpus-based analysis of the phrasal verb particles "down" and "back". (Grade: 3.7)