Patricia

Ich würde allen Lernenden auf italki eine Unterrichtsstunde mit Patricia empfehlen. Meiner Erfahrung nach ist Patricia eine der besten Lehrer*innen auf dieser App. Hilfreich, intelligent, zuverlässig, direkt, unterstützend: alles, was man von einem/einer Lehrer/in braucht.

Patricia is really an amazing teacher ! She is very intuitive and able to adapt to your personal learning goals. At the start, I was unsure about what level of german proficiency I was at. We decided to brush up on a few things like grammar and pronunciation and then Patricia helped me prepare to take the A2 Goethe Exam. We focused mainly on practicing speaking and writing together, but Patricia also went over the structure of the exam and sent me plenty of resources and materials to go through in my free time :) After the exam (which I passed with a 97!), Patricia helped me determine what steps to take next. We decided it would be best to work through B1 while mixing in different concepts from B2 and C1. Together we discussed a whole range of topics. I always enjoyed the conversations we had and the thoughtful explanations and feedback Patricia always gave me :) I can only recommend choosing Patricia as your teacher !

Patricia is a great teacher. She is familiar with the small nuances of German, and can readily point out mistakes and imprecision. Because of her proficiency with both German and English, she is great at finding the best ways to formulate exactly what you want to express. She explains things well, and has had many insightful experiences as a longtime language learner herself, which enables her to understand and sympathize what you are going through in terms of language learning and the difficulties that sometimes arise out of it. Most of all, she is encouraging yet truthful, qualities one should be looking for in a language teacher. My spoken German has improved significantly with her being my main conversational tutor. I definitely recommend that you go and book a lesson with her!

Ich finde Patricia sehr hilfsbereit, weil während unseres Unterrichts wir sowohl Prüfungsvorbereitung machen können als auch über ein Leben diskutieren. Dank Patricia habe ich viele Tatsachen über Deutsche Kultur entdeckt. Ich würde allen empfehlen, bei Patricia Unterricht zu buchen!

Patricia's is an incredible teacher. She is attentive to her students needs, punctual, asks for feedback, discusses short term and long term goals so that she can structure lessons appropriately. For my lessons, we generally start with a short conversation as that is my main area I want to develop. Then we move on to questions I have about grammar or homework that I did. She is thorough in her explanations and usually provides screen shot references explaining the theme with examples problems. Without a doubt the best part is her immense knowledge of the language, in a structured sense. As well as countless books and notes with examples to help practice. With Patricia I have gone from knowing almost no German, to having a month long language trip in Germany studying at the Geothe institute, and doing my A2.2 exams. She not only provided a good foundation, but also helped me to plan my trip and gave me ideas on what to do.

Heute hat Patricia mir ein Beispiel für den strukturellen Unterricht gezeigt. Ich habe es nur zur Hälfte des deutschen Text A1.2 gemacht. After that I learned only free conversation courses with itaki. So maybe it’s a very good chance for me to learn basic things, mostly grammar and vocabulary. These days I was kind of wondering what is good way for my learning or so. Currently’s lesson isn’t bad at all. But maybe there are more good ways to learn. Something, it’s really necessary for me. I can’t have a lesson next week but see you in two weeks. Danke Patricia! Ich werde mein Bestes geben!