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Klaus Zwirner
Professional Teacher
Teaches
German
Native
Speaks
Austrian German
Native
English
Italian
Other
6 years experience - children, young people and adults - language/culture/humour/geography
Teaches
German
Native
Speaks
Austrian German
Native
English
Italian
Other
6 years experience - children, young people and adults - language/culture/humour/geography
From AustriaLiving in Turin, Italy (23:38 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 21, 2021Interest topicSports & FitnessTravelScience
Hi, my name is Klaus. I am 35 years old and I am from Vienna (Austria). After my geography study at the university, I did my bachelor degree of education at the University College of Teacher Education in Vienna. My subjects are German and Geography. In 2018 I studied one semester at the university in Granada (Spain). From 2018-2021 I worked as a German Teacher in a Middle School in Vienna. At the moment I live in Turin (Italy) and work as a Teacher (German as a foreign language) at different school types, the Goethe-Institut and at the ESCP business school. In my free time, I spend time in the mountains around Torino (backcountry skiing, mountaineering, climbing) or on my mountainbike.Me as a Teacher
I am a responsible-minded, enthusiastic and flexible teacher with a good sense of humour. I participated in many different language courses, which gave me the possibility to see the things from the student's perspective. I know how challenging it is to learn a new language. I got to know which contents and methods I want to include in my teaching approach and which contents are improvable.
It makes a lot of fun to teach German to other people. It is always interesting to see students improving their skills. To learn a new language can mean also to share interests, cultural facts (music, food,...), actual topics or other moments with people. Communication and interaction!My lessons & teaching style
1) In the beginning of the lessons I do always a short warm-up/repetition/conversation about our last lesson or an actual topic e.g.: autumn or free time (verbs, vocabulary)
2) The content of the lessons is flexible:
3) I offer:
a) Conversational lessons about a topic for different language levels
b) I offer grammar lessons to work on a specific goal to improve your grammar.
c) Lessons for:
-) Beginners/basic language use (A1-A2)
-) Advanced/independent language use (B1-B2)
-) Expert/competent language use (C1-C2)
4) Homework (optional but recommended), correction and feedback
5) Basic points: conversation, interactive, mistakes are important for improvingMy teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
- Graphs and charts
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
Work Experience
2018 - 2021
Deutschlehrer Schulcampus Antonigasse-Deutschlehrer im Bereich der Sekundarstufe I (Alter: 10-14 Jahre)
-Stellvertretender Klassenvorstand
2022 - 2023
German Teacher ESCP-Business SchoolI teach German as a foreign language to Bachelor students. One course group contains between 12-20 students. This semester I do six courses with the language level A1.2 and two courses with the language level A2.2.
2023 - 2023
German Teacher Goethe-InstitutI teach German as a foreign language in two courses (A1.2 and also an online course A1.1) at the Goethe-Institut in Turin.
Education
2015 - 2018
Bachelor's - Deutsch und GeographieBei dem Studiengang handelt es sich um ein Bachelorstudium (Dauer: 3 Jahre, Unterrichtsfächer: Deutsch und Geographie, Abschluss: Bachelor of Education) und ist dann befähigt im Bereich der Sekundarstufe 1 in einer Schule zu unterrichten.
Im Fach Deutsch lag der Fokus auf folgenden Punkten:
-umfangreicher Praxisunterricht
-Aussprache
-Grammatik und Rechtschreibung
-altersgerechte Literaturauswahl
-Fachdidaktik Deutsch
-Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache
-Lehren und Lernen mit digitalen Medien
Certificates
DaF/DaZ für Lehrkräfte an Schulen Goethe-Institut 2021Dieser 12-wöchige Onlinekurs richtet sich einerseits an DaF/DaZ-Lehrende, als auch im Speziellen an Lehrende der Sekundarstufe I.
Certificate uploaded
5.0
Rating
67
Students
718
Lessons
100%
Attendance
98%
Response
German Lessons
Trial Lesson
47 lessons completed
USD 7.00+
Conversational German - Deutsch sprechen
A1 - C2Conversation Practice257 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Package with 8% off
Individual German Tutoring
A1 - C2General198 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Package with 4% off
German lessons for kids and teenagers
A1 - C2Kids84 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Package with 4% off
For my "old" students
A1 - C2General131 lessons completed
USD 20.00+
Package with 10% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
34 Reviews
Edson Cornejo
24 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have been taking classes with Klaus for several weeks now and I have felt great progress in my German. He is an attentive, funny and empathetic teacher, with whom you can always discuss all kinds of topics and have useful and precise corrections. As a teacher myself, I highly recommend him.
Feb 12, 2022
Jing
32 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
Klaus ist einer der besten Leher, die ich getroffen habe. Er korrigiert jederen meinen Fehler und schreibt die auf. Durch jede seine Sprechstunde kann ich immer viel lerne und fühle mich froh, den Fortschritt zu machen. Ich bedanke mich für seine Hilfe!
Nov 19, 2021
sam Tilse
23 German lessons
Teacher’s pick
Klaus has been a really good German teacher. He is very friendly and helpful and has given me very helpful resources for homework after each lesson.
Nov 19, 2021
Charlotte
4 German lessons
Klaus ist ein guter Gesprächspartner, vor allem sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
May 23, 2023
Alessandro
22 German lessons
Klaus è un insegnate paziente, simpatico, sempre attento al bisogno dello studente. Mi piace le sue lezioni perché sono strutturate e mi offre sempre um equilibrio tra l'acquisto dei nuovi vocaboli, frasi utile e la grammatica.
Oct 13, 2022
Sebastián סבסטיאן
21 German lessons
Es war toll mit dir wieder zu reden! Bis zum nächsten Mal.
Oct 3, 2022
Trial Lesson
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