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About Me
italki teacher since Aug 5, 2016
My name is Christian. I am a 35-year-old German native living near Berlin, Germany.
I am teaching German as a foreign language for over 3 years professionally and also have a background in teaching and design. I create my materials in InDesign and use my recording equipment to record listening materials in Audition for Memrise. I'm a fan of games (PC, DnD, Switch), languages, history, science and art.
When I am not teaching I spend my time honing my skills as an artist, stream and continue to further educate myself about art, linguistics and other scientific fields. I also like computer games, internet-memes (ask me about cats) music, history and are generally interested in many topics.
Me as a Teacher
As someone who used to stutter and dislike languages (and especially the pesky grammar), getting into intense-self-studies to improve my English became my origin story. I worked as teacher for English in my hometown for 2 years afterward, after acquiring a C2 certificate from Cambridge.
This encouraged me to also intensely study and re-fresh the German grammar, phonetics and teaching techniques (didactic) before starting to teach it online full-time. (it included a lot of head-shaking, and I’m a native)
Through that, and my pursuit to master art I don’t believe in inherited talent, but pursued interest. Everyone can, through dedication, practice and fun, learn to speak a foreign language.
My lessons & teaching style
While teaching I adapt the lesson to your strengths, weaknesses, and abilities and structure it along with your goals and needs. This can include exercises and materials for grammar, pronunciation, role-plays for daily conversation, job interviews, working environments and language exams (Goethe Institute, TestDaF, Telc). I can also create new materials, exercises and additional courses on Memrise to help you to achieve your goal outside of our lessons. But due past experiences I do not teach children under the age of 17 anymore.
My teaching material
PDF file
Audio files
Image files
Flashcards
Articles and news
Test templates and examples
Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
280
Students
995
Lessons
99%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
280
Students
995
Lessons
99%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
English
German
Trial Lesson
142 lessons completed
USD 14.00+
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
228 Reviews
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English
German
bf6824
88 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
This was my first lesson with Christian after our trial lesson. I learned a lot today particularly regarding word order. Christian is a very good teacher. He has a lot of material that he has designed himself. He also has a great sense of humor.
Jan 4, 2019
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44 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Christian was engaging, had wonderful examples of grammar usage, and was overall quite pleasant to work with. Lessons with him are quite fun and very helpful.
Oct 19, 2017
d971d5
1 German lesson
Had a trial lesson with Christian, it was super helpful- he had clear lesson plans, plenty of resources, and it was very organized and well-prepared (quite fun too). Will be booking another lesson for sure. Thanks for today, bis bald! :)
Mar 1, 2021
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6 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
Christian is a pleasant, funny, and understanding teacher. He corrects mistakes respectfully and explains concepts in detail. It's great that he is so knowledgeable about grammar rules and slang in both English and German. He gave me some material to practice as homework, and he helped me translate some videos. I really appreciate it and look forward to improving with more lessons.