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Frances B
location Baden-Württemburg - Germany, 71069
Member Since: 22 February 2011 | Last Login: 22 February 2011 | Membership: Free | Accepting New Assignments: Yes
Native Country: United States | Languages: English, German
Services: Seminar | Interpreting | Translation | Personal Tutoring | Corporate Training
MY MESSAGE TO YOU
It's not just what you should be learning, but how you're learning it that makes the difference!
bulletEDUCATION
Masters Degree
MA - Language Education, BA - Management
Specialized in teaching Business and General English
bulletEXPERIENCE
Seminars: 5 yrs
Interpretation: 10 yrs
Translation: 20 yrs
Teaching/Tutoring: 10 yrs
Corporate Training: 10 yrs

bulletCUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL
Please feel free to contact me for references

REFERENCES
see above


DETAILED SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Corporate Training: Accent Neutralization, Technical / Engineering, Sales and Marketing , Public Speaking, Spoken English, Written English, Business English

Personal Tutoring: Public Speaking, Spoken English, Written English, Grade School, College Level

Translation: Website Translation, Document Translation, Translation - Technical , Translation - General

Interpreting: Interpreting - General

Interpreting - Language Pairs:
German <> English

Translation - Language Pairs:
German > English

Languages and Proficiency:
English - Native or bilingual
German - Full professional


INDUSTRY SPECIALIZATION
Travel Industry, Real Estate, Financial/Economics, Education/Training, Computers/IT, Automation/Engineering

PRICING
Corporate Training ( EUR) MinMax
Per training hour (45 min.) Onsite / Other location
35.00
75.00
Per training hour (45 min.) My office
35.00
75.00
Per training hour (45 min.) Online
35.00
60.00
Tutoring / Teaching ( EUR) MinMax
Per teaching hour (45 min.) Onsite / Other location
35.00
50.00
Per teaching hour (45 min.) My office
35.00
50.00
Per teaching hour (45 min.) Online
35.00
50.00
Translation( EUR) MinMax
Price / Hour
35.00
100.00
Price / Word
0.15
0.25
Interpreting ( EUR) MinMax
Price / Hour
35.00
100.00
Price / Day
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TERMS OF PAYMENT
Suggested prices are negotiable and may vary depending on client\'s actual requirements

TRAVEL DISTANCE

Travel Distance30 miles and more

EMPLOYERS & CLIENTS
include Flughafen Stuttgart, LGI, Daimler AG, Helix Software, Magna, Lear, MBTech, MaxPlanck Institute, Kumatronik

AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS
MA, Language Education (Leeds Met Univ)
BA, Management (Univ. of MD)
CELTA (Cambridge -English Language Teaching for Adults Certificate)
Oxford One-to-One Coaching

Continuous training & professional development in numerous business-related and teaching seminars

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Research areas: multiple intelligences, fossilisation in adult language learning
"Self-directed noticing for defossilisation: three case studies" (coauthor) International Journal of English Studies
contributed to English Teaching Matters

AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIP
IATEFL
BESIG
ELTAS

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
over 20+ years administrative experience
working in international firms in U.S. and Germany

Corporate language trainer since 2001 for general & business English as well as specialized English for automotive, IT, healthcare, logistics, real estate, etc.
bulletHOBBIES
painting, reading, traveling, cooking....and eating!



Why Me?
What makes you the best person for your job?
I enjoy tailoring courses according to the client's individual needs and learning preferences. I employ a wide range of activities and methods to keep the training interesting and motivating.

What is your best project so far? Why?
My MA. As a result, I've become a more critical thinker. As a teacher, I'm continually evaluating how people are learning and reviewing methods to encourage the language acquisition process.


What do your students / customers say about you?
that I'm friendly, flexible, creative, enthusiastic & supportive