Angela

I have been working as a home tutor since 2003, during which time I`ve successfully taught a range of students (from SATs to A-level and beyond) in both English and German.

The feedback I’ve received from parents/caregivers and students has always been extremely positive, both in terms of exam results and a general willingness on the part of the young person to engage in lessons. My style of teaching is relaxed, gentle and non-dogmatic. I prefer to find out what a person’s interests and personality are and to adapt my teaching accordingly.

I am entirely fluent in German, having lived in Germany for one year in 1997 and for six months in 2001. On both occasions, I worked as an English Language Teaching Assistant at secondary schools.

Throughout 2013, I worked for ‘Causeway’ in Liverpool, as an ESOL English language tutor, working with marginalised and vulnerable individuals who’d arrived in the UK as victims of human trafficking.

In terms of volunteering, I previously worked as a German Language Teaching Assistant at a local primary school. Alongside independent German lessons, I also offered one-to-one support with disruptive or uncooperative children.

I am a fully qualified German-English translator with two Master’s Degrees in the language. I have also worked as a copy editor on nine literary titles for V&Q Books.

Availability: Days or evenings. Most days of the week. Weekends possible.

Willing to travel: 8 miles

Experience: 2003 - present
Home Tutor
I provide home and online tuition in English Language/Literature and German at GCSE, A Level and beyond.

2003 - present
German-English Translator at Hirons German Translations
I am a full-time freelance German-English translator, with over nineteen years’ translating expertise in the fields of clinical research/pharmaceuticals and marketing/advertising. I also have nineteen years’ experience in proofreading and copy-editing, having spent over five years working as an in-house proofreader for a creative marketing agency.

Aug 2020 - present
Copy editor for V&Q Books, Berlin.
A Light Still Burns (Wo Noch Licht Brennt) by Selim Özdogan, for release April 2023
In The Belly of the Queen (Im Bauch der Königin) by Karosh Taha, April 2023
Odesa at Dawn by Sally McGrane, Sep 2022
Liebe Roman (Love Novel) by Ivana Sajko, March 2022
Putin’s Postbox (Putins Briefkasten) by Marcel Beyer, March 2022
52 Factory Lane (Heimstrasse 52) by Selim Özdogan, March 2022
The Bureau of Past Management (Das Eigentliche) by Iris Hanika, October 2021
The Blacksmith’s Daughter (Die Tochter des Schmeids) by Selim Özdogan, March 2021
The Peacock (Der Pfau) by Isabel Bogdan, March 2021

Sept 2007 - Feb 2013
In-house proofreader at creative marketing agency, Aylesworth Fleming Ltd.

Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
ESOL teacher for `Causeway`, Liverpool

April 2004 - 2020
Teacher of Business English at Richard Lewis Communications

May 2001 - Oct 2002
Teacher of Business German at The European Languages Centre Ltd, Liverpool

Publication:
‘Shipping Forecast’ (‘Seewetterbericht’) by Sarah Kirsch, No Man’s Land, Issue 17, January 2023.

DBS Check: Yes