I am a teacher in both linguistics and in practical German. As a linguist I am mostly interested in the dynamics of language, i.e. how it changes over time or in space and how it is modified when learned. I began my linguistic education in Slavic languages (Polish and Russian) and shifted focus towards German more recently, which is why I still have a typological or contrastive (incl. Danish) view on it in my teaching. 

As a teacher of practical German I have taught on all levels from complete beginners to advanced students, both in (linguistically) homogeneous and in mixed classes and I completed my teacher training with a degree in German as a Foreign Language. Many think that my language is "difficult" to learn and I like to find easy ways to enable students to become more competent speakers. My linguistic background helps me to do that, and my approach is functional and communicative.

Professional background

Teaching and research in German as a Foreign Language and Linguistics

• since 2022: Teaching assistant professor at ENGEROM, University of Copenhagen
• 2020-2022: External lecturer in German at ENGEROM, University of Copenhagen
• 2020-2021: NCFF-project: "Academic Literacy i et brobygningsperspektiv"
• 2019-2020: Guest lecturer in German at ENGEROM, University of Copenhagen
• 2019-2022: Teacher in German as a Foreign Language at the Language Center, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg (Germany)
• 2016 - 2019: Research assistant in German at the Institute of English, Germanic and Romance languages (as DAAD-lecturer), University of Copenhagen
• 2014 - 2016: Language instructor in German as a Foreign Language at the Language Center, Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (Germany)
• 2013 - 2016: Member of the working group "German as a foreign language", Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg
• 2008 - 2016: External lecturer at the Institute of Slavonic Studies, Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (Germany)
• 2003 - 2008: Research assistant at the Institute of Slavonic Studies, Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (Germany)
• 2001 - 2003: Teacher in German as a Foreign Language at "Prolog", a language school in Cracow (Poland)
• 2000 - 2001: Teacher in German as a Foreign Language at the Institute of Germanic Philology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland) (as "DAAD-Sprachassistent")

Study service

• 2008 - 2016: Study coordinator at the Faculty of Languages and Cultural Studies, Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (Germany)

Educational background

• 2015: Master's degree in German as a Foreign Language (Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg)
• 2011: Dr. phil. in Slavonic Linguistics (Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg)
• 1999: Staatsexamen Lehramt an Gymnasien (equivalent to Master of education) in English and Russian (Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg)
• 1991: Abitur, Gymnasium Soltau

Studies abroad 

• 2000-2003: Cracow (Poland) (2000-2001 as "DAAD-Language assistant"; 2001-2002 PhD-grant (DAAD) at the Polish Language Institute, IJP)
• 1995-96: University of Leeds (visiting student)
• 1995: University of Novosibirsk (Russia) (exchange student)

German (native), Danish, English, Polish

Russian (active: B1, passive: B2)