The teacher
Evelin.
I’m a native German speaker. I studied at TU Dresden, taught in public schools in Germany, and live in Texas now.
The lessons
Lessons are online, for different ages and levels. A plan can be short or long. Private lessons are one to one. Group lessons are for people at a similar level. Materials for that student are part of the work: the texts, the links, and the notes.
In a lesson, the student and I work on grammar, authentic texts, idioms, and everyday culture. That includes food, celebrations, and how people actually say things.
I teach people in Texas and everywhere else, including Texas Germans who want to reconnect with the language of the family.
Children, homeschool, and reading
I offer German story time for children aged 2 to 5. A session is stories, songs, and games, with room to listen and to speak.
We homeschool our own daughter abroad. I also teach the German side for other homeschool families and for co-ops. That offer is on the homeschool page. There is no materials library on this site.
German children living abroad can keep the language in use in a group reading class. That is immersion reading.
Exams
I prepare students for the German exams used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and for the way those exams sit next to a job or a residence file. The names are on the exam page. The levels each country asks for are on the permits page.