Experience Summary
I have been fluent in conversational German for 27 years, having first learned as a child, continuing my learning formally through all measures of schooling having studied the language for 9 years in all. While I was in still in high school I began helping other students with their German assignments, translations, dialects pronounciations, and grammar. I tutored throughout college as well. Since that time I've been involved in educating the Pennsylvania Dutch (really Pennsylvania German) as to words in Standard German that they have lost over time in order to facilitate a cultural farming exchange of information and ideas. The idea is to allow German organic seed companies to be able to work directly with Amish farmers in order to help minimize negative environmental impacts. I've also privately tutored those wishing to improve upon their German skills at every level - from novice to expert.
Teaching Style
My focus is on the needs of the individual. For example, a beginning German student who needs help with grammar is going to have different needs than someone trying to give an oral presentation on various German dialects. With that it mind, I try to get people to get excited about learning German. German can be fun.