German language teaching
I started teaching German as a foreign language as a student tutor in 1994. Since then I have taught numerous German language courses and modules on German history and culture in schools and universities in the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic and Nigeria, and have provided expert language tuition to learners of all ages and backgrounds. See Career History for an overview of my work experience. I currently work for the Language Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science as Language Co-ordinator for German and Sociolinguistics. The Language Centre offers a range of German language courses to LSE students and the general public, please check here for an overview of levels, dates and prices.
Research
My research interests include teaching German for academic purposes, online language teaching and learning, sociolinguistics (specifically multilingualism) and translation studies. I have worked as an editor in the publication of bilingual German-English dictionaries and maintain an interest in lexicology and lexicography. For my my PhD I investigated the lexical realizations of writer-reader interaction in German history monographs and analysed how this "metadiscourse" was rendered in published English translations. See Publications for a list of my published work. I am currently working on the development of an online language course, "German for Academic Reading Purposes" and I am involved in research on urban multilingualism in Europe for the LUCIDE network on multilingual citizen communities (http://www.urbanlanguages.eu/).
Translation and Lexicography
I have been working as a freelance lexicographer and translator since 2001. My main areas of expertise are German-English bilingual lexicography and academic and educational translations. I was involved in the production of two English-German dictionaries published by Langenscheidt and worked as a freelance translator, translating reports for the European Commission, the University of Manchester Business School as well as numerous other institutions and companies. If you want to discuss an English-German translation project, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or use the form below.
I started teaching German as a foreign language as a student tutor in 1994. Since then I have taught numerous German language courses and modules on German history and culture in schools and universities in the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic and Nigeria, and have provided expert language tuition to learners of all ages and backgrounds. See Career History for an overview of my work experience. I currently work for the Language Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science as Language Co-ordinator for German and Sociolinguistics. The Language Centre offers a range of German language courses to LSE students and the general public, please check here for an overview of levels, dates and prices.
Research
My research interests include teaching German for academic purposes, online language teaching and learning, sociolinguistics (specifically multilingualism) and translation studies. I have worked as an editor in the publication of bilingual German-English dictionaries and maintain an interest in lexicology and lexicography. For my my PhD I investigated the lexical realizations of writer-reader interaction in German history monographs and analysed how this "metadiscourse" was rendered in published English translations. See Publications for a list of my published work. I am currently working on the development of an online language course, "German for Academic Reading Purposes" and I am involved in research on urban multilingualism in Europe for the LUCIDE network on multilingual citizen communities (http://www.urbanlanguages.eu/).
Translation and Lexicography
I have been working as a freelance lexicographer and translator since 2001. My main areas of expertise are German-English bilingual lexicography and academic and educational translations. I was involved in the production of two English-German dictionaries published by Langenscheidt and worked as a freelance translator, translating reports for the European Commission, the University of Manchester Business School as well as numerous other institutions and companies. If you want to discuss an English-German translation project, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or use the form below.
