Services

• Courses in German (German as a foreign language)
• Courses in English (English as a foreign language)
• Group and individual training
• Seminars and workshops
• In-house language training (I come to you)
• Web Classroom: Internet individual and group training
• Language courses from A1 - C1 according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference)
• Intercultural training and communication

Procedure of a course module

• Assessment and needs analysis
  • Evaluation
  • Written test (without time limit)
  • Oral test (15 minutes individual interview)
• Preparation
  • Test evaluation
  • Creation of a requirements profile
  • Course design and creation of a learning objective
• Course progression
  • Teaching of learning goal-focused content in regular lessons or block seminars.
  • Increasing competence in the target language
  • Communication in the target language
  • Broadening of vocabulary
• Evaluation of course result at the end
  • Evaluation of learning progress
  • Participant and trainer feedback

Suggestions for course content

• Language training in specific subject areas (technology, finance, health, etc.)
• Correspondence and e-mailing
• Presentation techniques (e.g. product presentation)
• Negotiation techniques
• Telephone and customer service
• Grammar and language structures
• Smalltalk
• Intercultural communication

Petra Boerger

Since 2008, I have been a freelance lecturer at Ravensburg Weingarten University (RWU) and at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) Ravensburg, where I teach business English in various degree programs. At the same time, I work in companies in the Lake Constance/Upper Swabia region, where I support employees with targeted language trainings. I develop individual training programs for my clients from industry and business, to get them successfully to their goal. Thanks to my connection with the university, I regularly take part in the latest training courses and continue my education. I design the training to be practical, interactive and results-oriented in order to motivate my participants.

History:

• 2007 - now: Lecturer for Business English and Technical English at RWU Ravensburg-Weingarten
• 2008 - now: Lecturer for Business English at the DHBW Ravensburg
• 2008 - now: Trainer for business English at companies (Vetter, Ravensburger Spiele, BW Bank, Drebo, CHG, Ihse, Pfaff, Arctic Paper, Lissmac, Baugrund Süd, Verallia etc.)
• 2008 - 2015: Lecturer for Media Technology, Technical English and CAD at the vocational college Bernd-Blindow-Schulen, Friedrichshafen
• 2000 - 2006: Activities in the clothing industry, production monitoring and textile purchasing in Germany and abroad (Swabian Alb, Eastern Europe, China)

Certificates:

• 2012: TEFL-Certificate; Hunter, The City University of New York
• 2000: Diploma in Design; Pforzheim University of Art and Design
• 1994: Certificate in Clothing Technology; Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand

Languages:

• German (mother tongue)
• English
• French
• Italian
• Spanish

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