CATHERINE

CATHERINE

2

Suisse

Deutsch
Englisch
90
1419
5.0/5
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2023

US English


broad international experience


tutoring, translation, writing, lexicography


expat, mom, violin/a cappella singing, gaming/programming


enjoys helping with speaking and writing


I'm Catherine from the US, a certified TESOL/TEFL tutor with 20+ years tutoring internationals with a wide range of backgrounds. I tutor, have worked as a technical translator, lexicographer and content creator and am an expat and mom. I enjoy violin improv, singing a cappella, gaming and game dev. I use customized approaches to master desired skills and have dealt with education in many countries, tutoring people from the Netherlands, Italy, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, France, Hungary, Japan and China... on anything from writing dissertations or grants to penning job applications to engaging in small talk in person or online (I take people from lurking status to MVP). My methodology is based on a student’s existing competencies and targets the desired outcome, for instance skill in spoken or written English, formal or informal. You must leverage your strengths to achieve new skills, and everyone has strengths. Contact me to leverage your strengths to learn English!

Marz 2010 -
freelance translation, editing, writing, tutoring, event coaching
Basel, Switzerland
noteworthy clients include Atypical Life, Dorfkirche Riehen, Innovation Horizons GmbH, Berner Fachhochschule
Nov 1999 - April 2002
Teacher at Studiecentrum Talen Eindhoven
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Teaching English to a variety of professionals in fields ranging from business to law to translation
Feb 1998 - Okt 2005
freelance translation, editing, writing, tutoring
Gaithersburg, MD, USA and Eindhoven, The Netherlands
noteworthy clients include Evenson, McKeown, Edwards & Lenahan, P.L.L.C. - Washington, DC, The World Bank, Berliner Morgenpost, National Geographic
Sept 1997 - Feb 1999
Patent Translator at Greenblum and Bernstein P.L.C.
Reston, VA, USA
Translating patent applications in multiple fields and final editing of outsourced work
Marz 1995 - Mai 2001
Lexicographer at Ernst Klett Verlag, PONS Wörterbücher
Stuttgart, Germany
Formulating definitions and providing specific differentiated usage examples
Sept 1989 - Mai 1993
Reference Service at University of North Carolina Music Library
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Helping patrons with the largest collection of audio and music history and theory reference volumes in the northeastern US

Juni 2022 - Dez 2022
TESOL/TEFL Certificate
specialized in non-native students in overseas and online classroom environment
Aug 2000 - Sept 2001
Master of Arts in Film and Television Studies with Honours
Thesis: The Sculptor’s Chisel: How Practicality, Reality, Interface and Subjectivity Are Realized in a Virtual Reality Environment’s Ambient Emphases
Juli 1999 - Juli 1999
Laubach ESL Certificate
English as a Second Language training
Aug 1989 - Aug 1993
Bachelor of Arts
in German literature and music

Badges

Großartige Konversationen (74) Kulturelle Kenntnisse (66) Grammatik-Genie (60)

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