From AustriaLiving in Vienna, Austria (22:42 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Aug 18, 2017
I grew up in Austria, where I studied Meteorology at the University of Vienna. After that I decided to make my life long dream of becoming a writer reality. Now I am a published author and write and edit a variety of texts stretching from website content and advertisements to short stories, poems and books. Teaching is a main passion of mine and I love to share curiosities, fun facts and just basic rules of the German language. Since I lived abroad (Danmark) for a while, where I also learned Danish, I know the struggles and rewards of learning a new language.
Me as a Teacher
My main focus with teaching is to give students confidence in speaking. My lessons are a safe place, where language can be explored as deeply as the students want. I love sharing cultural specifics, use texts as basis for discussions (in general but also in particular about new vocabulary and hard grammar) and tongue twisters for pronunciation. After the lesson the student should feel full and satisfied as if they just enjoyed a great meal. The new material needs to be digested, but already left a taste, so my students feel at bit of progress right away.
My lessons & teaching style
Depending on the interests and level of my students I have different approaches. I like to individually plan each lesson to ensure the best results for all students. I think reading and text discussion is one of the best ways to improve (or reduce) accents, understand cultural differences, learn new vocabulary and grammar and give something to hold on to when having a free discussion. I won't be interrupting the conversation for correcting mistakes. However, I like to write them down in the chat (as many as possible), so the student can check them later.
After a while, I like to stroll away from the texts, have free conversations and open up the mind for a creative use of German.
My teaching material
PDF file
Test templates and examples
Text Documents
Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
153
Students
1,381
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
153
Students
1381
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
German Lessons
German
English
Konversationstraining (mit Textbasis)
A2 - C2Conversation1,055 lessons completed
USD 25.00+
Package with 13% off
Deutsch Intensiv (intensive German)
A1 - C2Language Essentials173 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 10% off
Availability
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148 Reviews
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3 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
Excellent. Could not ask for a better teacher. Well prepared, thorough, very fun and entertaining. Viola is a true professional.
Sep 9, 2020
e9917d
7 German lessons
Once again, I feel quite fortunate to learn German and more from an incredibly sharp and talented teacher... kind of like having Shakespeare teach you English...
Apr 6, 2021
e9917d
7 German lessons
another wonderful class... i feel so lucky to be able to discuss things with someone who has so much knowledge and the ability to impart that, not only Deutsch, but also the literature and culture...
Mar 22, 2021
28681f
7 German lessons
really nice and helpful as always
Apr 7, 2021
28681f
7 German lessons
awesome as always
Mar 24, 2021
e9917d
7 German lessons
an inspiring discussion in so many ways... i truly appreciate the knowledge shared of both the german language and literature in general... always a pleasure...