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From 1994 to 1996 I
underwent teacher training at
Studienseminar Essen and
Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium Heiligenhaus,
passing the Second State Examination for
teachers in October 1996. During that
period and beyond I also gained valuable
experience as a language teacher and
cross-cultural communication trainer at
the Volkshochschule Essen (adult
college) and at Hochtief, Germany’s
largest construction company.
From 1996 to 2003 I
taught at Berufskolleg Borken, a
sixth-form vocational college close to
the German-Dutch border. The German
Berufskolleg offers the broadest
possible experience for language
teachers, comprising, as it does,
part-time and full-time vocational and
academic courses of widely varying
kinds. Among other things, I taught
business English in the senior classes
of the Wirtschaftsgymnasium (grammar
school emphasizing business management
and economics), technical English at the
Technikgymnasium (grammar school
emphasizing science and technology) and
the Fachschule für Baudenkmalpflege
(technical school for heritage skills)
as well as French conversation at the
Höhere Handelsschule (senior commercial
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