Heritage
People who want the family language back in the house, not only on a worksheet. Other heritage learners too.
How we can work.
Private one-on-one
Just the two of us. We talk, catch up school German, prepare an exam, or work on the German a visa office wants. Any age.
Group lessons
A few people on Zoom who can keep up with each other. You get a real turn to speak. I don’t run a class where half the room stays quiet.
Immersion reading
German kids growing up abroad, reading a story together on Zoom. We stop and talk about the page, so they have to say it, not only hear it at home.
Homeschooling
We teach our own daughter at home, outside Germany. I do that German work with other families and with co-ops too.
Who shows up.
A new skill
People learning so they can talk, travel, or read. For a trip, ordinary German is the one to learn, including Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. People there often speak dialect with each other. They switch when they hear a learner.
Children
Kids topping up school. Little ones, about 2 to 5, can have story time: a story, a song, a game. Families teaching at home can start on the homeschool page. German kids living abroad who need to keep reading can join immersion reading.
Families abroad
German parents outside the German-speaking countries, watching the kids answer in English more and more.
Work and residence
A job or a residence file in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria. Some work visas ask for no German at the door. The German often shows up later, or for a spouse. I list the usual level, and the exam that goes with it. I don’t file the permit.
Exam preparation.
Goethe, telc, ÖSD, and the rest of the exams Germany, Switzerland, and Austria actually use. If a job or a residence file is why you need the certificate, I know how those two things sit next to each other. I teach the exam. The office decides the permit.
Residency and work permits.
A work visa and the permit you apply for years later are not the same step, and they don’t ask for the same German. I can show you the exam people usually bring. I don’t file anything, and I won’t tell you a permit is yours.
What students say.
Notes students wrote after a lesson. Not a score. They weren’t written for this website.
You’ve managed to turn an extremely difficult topic into an enjoyable one and have offered alternative solutions. Thank you!
Very instructive and enjoyable. Evelin put us at ease and was very encouraging.
Evelin ist eine gute Lehrerin; sie hat das Thema gut erklärt, und wir hatten ein gutes Gespräch. Vielen Dank!
You were very helpful and gave me more insight on how accusative and dative work.
I really enjoyed the lesson as well as awesome materials perfectly tailored for the class. I feel that I really learned something and remained motivated, even though the topic was hard.
Vielen Dank, dass du deine Begeisterung für dieses Thema mit uns geteilt hast. Die Klasse war interessanter als die Materialien, weil du uns so viel extra über dieses Thema erzählt hast. Ich habe viel gelernt.
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Evelin.
I grew up with German, studied at TU Dresden, and taught in public schools in Germany. Students are in a lot of countries. Some of them want the language of the family back.
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