In Seoul
A requirement for earning the Teaching Certification in German as a Foreign Language at the Freie Universität Berlin was a semester-long teaching internship. I taught beginner-level German at Chung-Ang University in Seoul in 2006 and immediately fell in love with teaching!
After graduating from the Freie Universität Berlin in 2008, I went back to Seoul as a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Language Assistant at Yonsei University. I had the privilege of working with the DAAD IC (Information Center), where I was involved in many events promoting German and Germany. At Yonsei, I taught German courses from elementary to advanced levels and organized extracurricular activities such as German culture events, German movie nights, and German conversation hours (Stammtisch).
Through my DAAD affiliation, I also got involved with the Goethe Institut in Seoul, where I taught elementary to advanced classes (A1 to C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) from January 2009 to June 2010. During my time at the Goethe Institut, I had the privilege of participating in various teacher trainings and examiner certifications that shaped my teaching methods essentially.
All of these teaching experiences and trainings made me more and more curious about the acquisition of language. Finally, I decided to return to Berlin to prepare for my next station: German linguistics at Penn State.
After graduating from the Freie Universität Berlin in 2008, I went back to Seoul as a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Language Assistant at Yonsei University. I had the privilege of working with the DAAD IC (Information Center), where I was involved in many events promoting German and Germany. At Yonsei, I taught German courses from elementary to advanced levels and organized extracurricular activities such as German culture events, German movie nights, and German conversation hours (Stammtisch).
Through my DAAD affiliation, I also got involved with the Goethe Institut in Seoul, where I taught elementary to advanced classes (A1 to C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) from January 2009 to June 2010. During my time at the Goethe Institut, I had the privilege of participating in various teacher trainings and examiner certifications that shaped my teaching methods essentially.
All of these teaching experiences and trainings made me more and more curious about the acquisition of language. Finally, I decided to return to Berlin to prepare for my next station: German linguistics at Penn State.