Sonia
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Sonia
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French
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Professionell Deutsch lernen mit Spaß und Struktur!
Teaches
German
Native
Speaks
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Professionell Deutsch lernen mit Spaß und Struktur!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From GermanyLiving in Karlsruhe, Germany (16:05 UTC+01:00)
About Me
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Guten Tag,
My name is Sonia. I am a native speaker of German and I have been working as a professional teacher of German as a foreign language for many years.
I am also a cognitive scientist, fascinated by the tricks to support the brain in learning a language. My specialties: Exam preparation, conversation and phonetics.
Mein Name ist Sonia. Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache und ich arbeite schon seit vielen Jahren als professionelle Deutschlehrerin. Ich interessiere mich für die Methoden, mit denen wir eine Sprache leichter lernen können. Meine Schwerpunkte: Prüfungsvorbereitung, Konversation und Aussprache.
BEGINNERS VERY WELCOME! PLEASE NOTE, THAT I DO NOT TEACH CHILDREN, THANK YOU!Me as a Teacher
Ich habe Phonetik, Linguistik und Psychologie studiert und meine Doktorarbeit über die Kognition von Sprache geschrieben. Mich fasziniert, mit welchen einfachen Tricks man das Gehirn darin unterstützen kann, eine Sprache zu lernen. Ich unterrichte seit vielen Jahren im Einzel- und Gruppenunterricht, in Präsenz und online. Ich habe auch die Qualifikation als telc-Prüferin.
I studied phonetics, linguistics and psychology and wrote my doctoral thesis on the cognition of language. I have been teaching German for many years to individuals and groups, face-to-face and online, privately and at the adult education center (VHS). I am qualified as examiner for the German telc certificate.My lessons & teaching style
In meinen Stunden trainieren wir praktische Alltagskonversation, strukturierte Grammatik und authentische Aussprache. Dafür nutze ich viele interessante Materialien und Methoden. Ich unterrichte alle Niveaus. Bitte beachtet auch meine Gruppenunterricht!
My classes include both, everyday conversation training and structured grammar exercises. I employ interesting professional teaching material and diverse teaching methods. I teach all levels, do individual pronounciation training, exam preparation, job application training... The aim is to enable you to speak fluently and to communicate with every German native speaker. Please note my group classes on pronounciation and conversation!My teaching material
- Image files
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Articles and news
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Video files
Certificates
Methods and didactics in German language teaching - Goethe Institut - 2017As a consequence of the high numbers of refugees that needed language training, the Goethe Institute in collaboration with the German governmant offered a one-year specials course on didactics in language teaching which I did 2017/18
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Teaching experience
2017 - 2023
German teacherI taught many German classes from A1-C1. Including refugees, au-pairs, employees of a cruise ship (tourism) and I also taught alphabetisation to foreign language learners.
2003 - 2006
German teacherI taught German to French Naval officer candidates.
2020 - 2024
self-employedSince the pandemic I have been teaching German online to groups of students as well as in one-to-one situtations.
I adapted my lessons to the work field of the learner: tourism, pharmacy, law, office etc.
Education
2000 - 2003
Doctorate - Cognitive brain sciencePhD in Cognitive studies on the perception of voice and language information
University of Potsdam in collaboration with the Max-Planck-Institute of cognitive brain research
1994 - 1999
Master's - PhoneticsBachelor and Master studies in .Phonetics, German Linguistics and Psychology
Work Experience
2000 - 2003
ScientistI worked as a cognitive brain scientist investigating the way, our brain perceives and understands speech and language.
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Students
851
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
German Lessons
Deutsch A1-C2
A1 - C2Language Essentials537 lessons completed
USD 29.00+
Package with 4% off
Spezial: Aussprache Deutsch
A1 - C2Language Essentials64 lessons completed
USD 29.00+
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Spezial: Konversation
B1 - C2Conversation28 lessons completed
USD 29.00+
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39 Reviews
malovitskayavlada
43 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
Vielen Dank für die großartige Lektion. Sonia ist eine Fachfrau in ihrem Bereich und eine energiegeladene sowie positive Lehrerin. Ich suchte nach einem Experten, der mir nicht nur bei der deutschen Grammatik, sondern auch bei der Aussprache helfen konnte. Ich singe auf Deutsch und für mich sind Hinweise zur Aussprache äußerst wertvoll. Nochmals herzlichen Dank. Ich glaube, ich habe gefunden, was ich gesucht habe.
Aug 8, 2023
Aigul
28 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
Sonja hat mir bei der Vorbereitung auf das Vorstellungsgespräch sehr geholfen! Es war nicht nur nützlich, die verschiedenen Interviewfragen im Unterricht zu besprechen, sondern auch alle Antworten später nachlesen zu können, da Sonja sie während des Unterrichts aufgeschrieben und mir zugeschickt hat.
Aug 10, 2022
Lucia Wang
4 German lessons
Sehr vertrauenswürdig wie immer
Mar 26, 2024
Saurav Siil
6 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
Sonia is not only a teacher, but a mentor. She is accommodating and friendly. I would highly recommend her to people on the Deutsch learning path. I greatly benefited from her lessons, especially regarding the Telc B1 Prüfung preparation.
Jul 21, 2023
Victorina Mendez
5 German lessons
Sonia is an incredibly enthusiastic and supportive tutor. Her energy makes learning engaging, and she provides great tips to improve pronunciation. She explains things clearly and always encourages me to do my best. I really appreciate her helpful insights!
Feb 11, 2025
Lucia Wang
4 German lessons
Prima wie immer!
Mar 25, 2024
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