Services for English Language Learners
For: Learners of English as a Foreign Language, Ages 7+
Language is a doorway to a new way of thinking...
Yes You Can!
Of all the subjects I hear people say they are "Just no good at," foreign languages come top. Whether you lack confidence speaking English, struggle to remember vocabulary or trip up over grammar, I can help you discover what's blocking you and coach you in techniques that play to your strengths and build your confidence.
The Double Challenge
For learners with dyslexia or other language development differences, learning English as a second language can be doubly challenging. It is not only the learning of new sound and spelling patterns and reading texts that holds learners back. Unlike in the mother tongue, which is learnt first in conversation before learning to read and write, foreign language learning from school age onwards relies on reading, right from the beginning. This can lead to huge frustration and switching off from learners who start to think "I'm just no good at languages."
In Educational Therapy, I work with English as Second Languge learners with diagnosed Reading-Writing weaknesses (German: Lesen-Rechtschreibung-Schwäche) to find new ways to build connections in English language learning and overcome blockages.
Mathematics as a Second Language
The language we speak has a direct influence in how we see the world. Including how we think about number. Learning Maths as a non-native speaker involves learning a vast new technical vocabulary, as well as changing the way we think about numbers and symbols. For example "ninety-eight" in English, is "8 and 90" in German and "4 twenties and 18" in French! Such differences in the way we first learn about number can affect the way we think about mathematical principles from place value to grouping and multiplication.
I offer Second Language Maths coaching as well as Educational Therapy for Dyscalculia in both German and English.
Services in German
As a non-native German speaker, I do not offer Educational Therapy for Dyslexia in German for native German speakers. I do offer Educational Therapy for German Mothertongue Speakers in English as a Second language.
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I also offer tutoring and coaching in English for children and adults live and online. Contact me for more information and prices.
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Coming Soon! From mid 2025, I plan to offer Educational Therapy for Dyslexia in German to learners with DAF (Deutsch als Fremdspache). Please contact me if you would like more information about the launch of this service nearer the time.