PRIVATE GERMAN TUTOR | Karin Obermayr

You are looking for a private language tutor to improve your German?

Have benefit from private German lessons with a native tutor for all levels and goals. All lessons will enable you to both develop communication and comprehension strategies in everyday situations as well as provide technical terms of business and marketing.

I am a highly qualified and experienced language teacher for German who has taught in public and private sector, including privately owned businesses and non-profit organizations, and in numerous language projects. I´m experienced in working with international adults and children of any age and university students who were participating in my study abroad programs.

I also have a teaching qualification for 'German as a Foreign Language' from the University of Vienna. I have been teaching diction for musicians, interview techniques for journalists and Business German for all levels regarding the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. I offer German language courses for your academic qualifications, classes in specific professional fields and the lessons are oriented to your needs to ensure your success in education, private life and at work. You can learn German depending on your personal schedule and preferences, prove your language skills, and prepare for a test. Home tutoring or lessons at your company by preference.

Beginner and Intermediate level

You will be taught the fundamentals of grammar and you will be encouraged to develop a feeling for usage of situational pattern samples. A general introduction to Austrian life, culture and dialectical expressions is an integral part of our lessons. The lessons will also help you to understand content, meaning and special expression of German texts and conversation.

The goal of the instruction in the German language is to develop oral communication for authentic communicative situations, to get to know everyday life and cultural settings of Vienna, and to improve commercial German. Chief emphasis is placed on speaking and listening in order to enhance a sense of continuous, enjoyable achievement.

You will be provided with the grammar and vocabulary needed to initiate and sustain meaningful conversations. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced as need arises in conversation and discussions. You will regularly acquire new words and phrases, which will contribute to a systematic increase of your vocabulary. You will be encouraged to study and use new words, expressions, tenses and so on, independently, but also in class. Different methods, for example “Lernspiele”, are offered to promote a quick yet solid mastering of the language. Outdoor activities will help to enable to handle situations with native speakers. The language of instruction is German; questions about the language itself can be discussed and reflected in English. A couple of additional lectures will deal with use of language to conduct business affairs, telephone calls, business matters. As well as with diction and business related vocabulary. You will be provided with handouts and supplementary material. The lessons are not based on a specific textbook but you will be given a learners handbook as need arises.

Advanced level

The aim of the Advanced Language lessons is to make significant progress in speaking, reading and comprehension skills. By the end of the instruction you shall acquire the ability to express in the German language the following:

Narrate a written text or a radio/TV broadcast, and make statements of opinion
Describe events, real or fictitious
Give an account of a short literary work
Elucidate and comment on diverse plans, actions and events
Describe a journey – real or imagined
Actively participate in conversation with native speakers
Scan longer texts in order to locate desired information; gather information from different parts of the text, or from different texts in order to fulﬁl a speciﬁc task

Summarise and state her or his opinion about a short story, article, speech, discussion, interview, or documentary and answer further questions in detail

The students will receive sheets with grammar explanations and exercises. The texts to read during the course or at home will be given to the students as well. The intensity of learning will be adjusted according to the students’ needs. Texts or broadcasts will be repeated several times to guarantee full comprehension.

Much emphasis is put on conversation practice in advanced dialogues and speeches to promote interaction in daily life. You will produce texts according to patterns that encourage to flexibility. The development of skills in German is based on authentic texts (audio, video and written), reconstruction of dialogues, role-plays, interviews, etc. Grammatical structures and vocabulary will be introduced as need arises. Out-of-class activities will take place in order to enable the students to handle situations with native speakers and to bring them in contact with everyday life in Vienna.

The lessons shall proceed in German language entirely.

The aim of this course is to further develop the students’ already existing knowledge of the German language. Speaking and understanding German will be practiced intensively by reading texts, by listening to radio broadcasts in German language as well as watching and discussing scenes from Austrian and German movies in original version. Thus you will learn more about the political, social and cultural life in German speaking countries, with emphasis on Austria. Cultural aspects like formality-informality, individuality-collectivity as well as communication patterns will automatically be part of language learning.

Lessons are designed to develop accuracy, flexibility and fluency in language production and to increase understanding of topics. Equal emphasis will be given to all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. You will learn to speak and write German that is fluent, spontaneous, grammatically and culturally accurate. You will gain more confidence in communicative situations with native speakers and you will learn to comprehend authentic texts on a wider range of topics.