About me

A little bit about me. I'm Susanne.

 

What makes learning German with me worthwhile?

 

My private one on one classes offer you a supportive, engaging, empowering and encouraging space where you can learn at your own pace and build confidence. I believe in your growth, intellect and talent and I am fascinated by the process of learning and discovering something new.

I find it exciting to share the discoveries made by my students or those we'll make together when comparing languages and cultures. I love seeing the strong progress that we make daily and weekly.

Though I hear some learners say 'I am not talented in learning languages'. While it is true, that some people have an innate talent for languages, talent also can be nurtured and developed within everyone. If you believe Language learning doesn't come easy to you then I will find a learning method that suits your needs an personality until you'll feel the momentum of progressing with ease that will kick in at some point. I promise. Don't ever shy away from telling me about you and how you picture your dream class. Because that will bring joy and therefore progress. 

And otherwise, all I would need from you is the willingness and motivation to learn and I will open all doors for you. 

 

 

What makes my teaching and coaching approach unique?

 

With me by your side, you will be guided by a professional German Language Instructor and Lecturer. I draw my teachings from my university Magister degree in linguistics and German as a Foreign Language, my advanced professional training as a yoga teacher, and my deep, intuitive understanding of my mother tongue, German.

My knowledge of Yoga as a professional Yoga Instructor makes me a German Language Coach, that can guide you in becoming a more focused and clear minded learner when absorbed in one topic. Basically I can provide knowledge about attentive learning in a broader sense, where you feel a sense of control and self-efficacy with respect to stress and emotion. Besides you'll increase resilience over time to master each learning goal with ease and satisfaction, on a road that you can visualize clearly. This way you'll safe time and money.

People that contact me for the first time, tell me they feel overwhelmed, anxious and stressed when it comes to passing exams. Others feel sometimes they lack confidence in speaking and conversing in German. And sometimes learners feel they simply don't have time to learn, lack patience and the ability to stay in the present moment. That is when my knowledge as a Yoga Instructor in the field of meditation, breath work, mindfulness comes in, so I can provide guidance in resilience, directing attention, calming the nervous system and the trust in one's own abilities. 

In my opinion teaching is a guidance to one´s own sincerity, confronting stuck forms with a world of possible flexibility to develop our personal stories. My classes is a blending of methodical practices of sentence structure, creativity and improvisational elements.

 

 

What is the learning experience like with me?

 

I offer one on one tutoring for Teenagers and adults. Whether you'd like to learn for personal reasons or you seek assistance to pass your HSC German exams with flying numbers, I'd be so happy to assist you. Should you be behind in school, I will lay out a plan of attack to help you catch up in no time. All my lessons will take place online and I guide you personally step by step. 

You will feel challenged, at the same time you will feel being nurtured. I believe, I can get you to your ultimate potential. That's because I know that your skills and talent may lie beyond of what you are capable to imagine but you will discover that there is absolutely no limit to what you can achieve.

You will not just learn German but concepts how to achieve high standards, how to love learning and eventually how to learn and think for yourself and learn German to fluency applying the same knowledge. Ideally I want to become unnecessary as your Tutor in a way, because will become your own best German Tutor at some point and that is empowering. 

It is important to connect to my students, getting to know them a little, so they feel their learning can take place in an environment of trust, professionalism, ease and joy. All learners have a different reason as to why they are learning German and within every person lies a different Life story. Read some of their Testimonials here to learn more about them. My teaching style will therefore always vary as no learner is the same.

 

 

 

 

 

My credentials and my journey.

 

I was born and raised in Germany, in Saxony. When I first started teaching German in 2007, I had to confront a lot of challenges. I had no idea if I would ever be able to be a good German Language Instructor and make my students happy although I learned 2 Foreign Languages to fluency and I was holding a solid postgraduate University degree in "German as Foreign Language" and "Spanish studies" from University Leipzig, from the famous Herder Institute in Germany.

So, I taught years at university and high schools and learned as much as I could along the way, and here I am. Being a freelancer and offering tailored and customized one on one lessons has been for so many years rewarding for my students and myself, that this is the path I'd like to stay on.

I'll weave in my experience and professional knowledge as a Yoga Instructor, because learning has become more challenging these days. The importance of learning focused, attentively, patiently, mindful and free of stress and overwhelm is key to success.

Now let me save you the time and trouble of learning German on your own. I’ve helped hundreds of people get to where they want to go with their learning goals.

My promise to you is, that with your passion and my know how, I’ll get you there too. You will learn faster and feel more confident and empowered to converse with anyone in German. You will feel secure in sentence structure and grammar as well as in pronunciation. And last but not least, you will know how to use learning strategies to improve your knowledge on your own.

 

 

"Learning German has provided me the skills to stay in Germany for 2 months and audition for conducting and performance in Viola in Germany’s music university. I have also completed the German beginners’ course in NSW’s higher school certificate.
I have enjoyed Susanne’s class very much! She would go through all the basic German language slowly until I fully understand! This gave me the opportunity to build on my knowledge on the things I could not understand in school and I can ask Susanne as many questions as I like.
I would definitely recommend Susanne as your next German teacher because her teaching style is so much better, as she would go through the text book activities with you in class, give you extra learning material and actives from other books. The other thing that I like in class is that Susanne doesn’t always teach from the text book, she would create other fun activities that is better than the textbook!"

Joseph CHAN,  student , 19, studying at University of Queensland the bachelor of music course, from Sydney, German Level A2