olesen tuition
Hello, I'm Jens. I'm the founder and director of Olesen Tuition. Originally from
the Cologne area, I've been a qualified German tutor for over 20 years. I hold
First-class undergraduate and graduate degrees from RWTH Aachen University and
the LSE, and I have recently completed a D.Phil. at the University of Oxford.
Over the past six years I have also worked as a university fellow, having taught
at Oxford, the LSE and RWTH Aachen. I have successfully prepared students of all
levels and ages for certificates of the Goethe-Institut (A1-C2) and other test
centres; school examinations, such as GCSE and A-Level (AQA and Edexcel),
International Baccaleauréat (IB) and French Baccaleauréat (Bac), and Cambridge
Pre-U German; university exams at Bachelor, Master and PhD-level; for their
relocation to, or job interviews in, a German-speaking country; or I have helped
them to gain and improve their competence in the language more generally.
Throughout my teaching career, I have brought thousands of students to fluency
and many more to intermediate level with a unique combination of tailored
vocabulary training, solid grammar foundation and my challenging yet motivating
teaching style. In addition to my work, I am an avid traveller (particularly to
my beloved Greece), and passionate about fine food and wine. Jens Olesen German
Tutor & Founder and director of Olesen Tuition Contact me Introducing my team of
excellent native German tutors To meet the increasing demand for high-quality
German lessons, I hired a small group of excellent colleagues who teach for my
company. As a team, we teach our small German classes, private German lessons,
and we offer business German language training for companies in London and
abroad. Hi guys! I’m Annika from northern Germany. I studied German as a foreign
language at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Having lived and worked
in both Chile and Spain, I enjoy interacting with people from a variety of
cultures. In my teaching I make sure to adapt to my students' individual needs
in order to help them make the progress they yearn for. It’s very important to
me that my students achieve their goals and gain a positive and satisfactory
learning experience. I have over 7 years of teaching experience, and I look
forward to working with you. Hello, my name is Anja, I have been working as a
German teacher with groups and individuals for over 10 years and I am certified
examiner. I have been teaching people from all sorts of backgrounds with a wide
variety of reasons for learning the beautiful and challenging German language. I
enjoy teaching not only because I love German grammar 😉 but also because I am
very interested in each person's unique approach to learning a new language and
encountering a whole new cultural universe. Hi there, I'm Kai. Originally from
northern Germany, I have taught German and German Studies (language classes,
Business German, German for singers, cultural studies, film) for over 20 years
in the US, Germany and the UK. I know that the most important thing about
teaching and learning German is that you will get loads of opportunities to
speak, while I'm helping you to understand the necessary tools like grammar and
all kinds of useful phrases. German is luckily quite straightforward if you get
precise and clear explanations. This will enable you to enjoy speaking with
confidence, and we can keep it fun and relaxing while we're working hard - it's
possible! In my free time like playing tennis and the piano and read about
history and current affairs. Hi, my name is Andreas. I was born in Augsburg
(Bavaria) and studied German as a foreign language at the University of Dresden.
In 2014 I started to work as a German teacher for the Goethe Institut and VHS in
Dresden and Hamburg and since 2019 I also give online German lessons. I am very
grateful for my job because I love teaching the German Language and learning
about different cultures as I work with students from all over the world. Hi, my
name is Uta, and I have been working as a German teacher for over 10 years. I am
a qualified teacher for German as a foreign language and have been teaching
students from different backgrounds and all levels. I worked for different
institutions teaching German in London until I moved back to Germany. I am
certified for all Goethe exams. I love teaching German, and I also enjoy
learning languages myself. At the moment I am learning Italian, but I also used
to learn Finnish, which supposedly is even more challenging than German. Guten
Tag, ich heiße Britta und ich komme aus Deutschland. I'm originally from Aachen
but I have lived and worked abroad for more than 25 years. I've been teaching
German in different language schools, institutes and universities in France,
Japan and in the UK and I also give tailor-made private lessons. Though students
are different according to language background, interests, personality etc.,
they all want to learn in a nice, pleasant atmosphere with well-structured input
and ... have fun while doing it! While poring over articles and cases, we also
enjoy phrases like 'to have a male cat' or 'to have a bird' - which has not much
to do with animals in German - look it up. Looking forward to meeting you! Hier
ist deine Deutschlehrerin - Ich bin Sylvia und komme aus Bayern. Okay, now I
better continue in English. I hope you like learning languages as much as I do.
I also love teaching languages and even did my PhD on it. I specialise in
helping people to express themselves better in German and to improve their
speaking und writing skills, also on an academic level. I know the different
language levels and their difficulties, and I am also a trained examiner for
international certificates. If you are looking for a motivating, patient, and
competent teacher with experience, you have come to the right place. I look
forward to working with you. Why working with a native German tutor will help
your German The aim of our German tuition is that our students read, write,
understand and speak our mother tongue to the best of their abilities. Being
native speakers puts us in the position of working on our students' German in
all aspects of language learning - from improving their pronunciation and
intonation of German words, expanding their vocabulary in "Hochdeutsch"
(standardised German) to advancing their understanding of various idiosyncrasies
in German grammar. Even though many of these aspects can of course be taught by
a non-native teacher, only a trained native speaker of the language will know
whether your choice of words is not only appropriate but also natural in the
context in which you used it, and will be able to help you speak German without
accent. Unlike other German tutors, we don't believe it is possible to focus
exclusively on conversational German. While speaking German is an important part
of the learning process, even the most basic of sentences tends to require a
good understanding of several, often interconnected, grammar rules. Hence, a
good understanding of German grammar is essential. Otherwise, you would run
before you could walk, and unfortunately the latter strategy is often encouraged
by tutors who follow a conversational approach. Instead, our lessons involve
speaking, writing, reading, listening, and a thorough grammar training, so that
you learn the language properly. Our approach to teaching German- simple but
correct With absolute beginners to the German language, we start by looking at
the basics, such as how to introduce yourself, express likes and dislikes, and
talk about your hobbies. In the process, we explain the conjugation of regular
and irregular verbs, and key rules regarding German syntax. We also advise on
the proper pronunciation of German words and point you to those letters that
sound different than in English. While building your vocabulary on a range of
topics from here on, our main focus will be to keep your sentences simple but
correct, before gradually adding complexity as we move along. You'll find
examples of our explanations of German grammar on our German language blog "Auf
Deutsch, bitte!" Beginner students often struggle to express their ideas not
because their vocabulary is so basic but because they try to translate literally
between their native language and German. Simple but correct stops students from
translating by keeping their focus on German grammar, by showing them to
simplify their ideas with ease and by encouraging them to make good use of the
German words they have learnt. Even fairly complex ideas can be expressed in
simple terms when you think of synonyms for what you'd like to say and you
concentrate on bringing your point across. The advantages of this approach are
grammatical accuracy and confidence in writing and speaking. As soon as our
students have developed the flexibility to simplify with ease, we work towards
increasing nuance and complexity of their sentences through text work, grammar
training and discussions in class. Intermediate and advanced students also
benefit from our approach as it helps them to unlearn mistakes they made in the
past and develop their fluency in speaking and writing. Having used and refined
our method over the last 24 years that we have been teaching the language, we
are convinced that our method will allow you to learn German properly. Our
German tutoring services in London and online Whether you are looking for
one-to-one lessons or prefer to learn in a small group, on the following pages
you will find a course option that suits you. Private German tutoring and
intensive German courses are designed for students who intend to progress
quickly in the language through lessons that are tailored to their individual
needs and interests. My German group classes are an affordable alternative to
private lessons and ideal for those who learn best in a small group of
like-minded students. If you intend to learn German for work or you are looking
for German lessons for your employees, my in-house German language training in
London will help you achieve your aims. Finally, if you are studying for an exam
in German and you are looking for support to get top marks, my German exam
preparation tutorials will be the right option for you.
