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Providing language services in English and Spanish<\/h1>\r\n

online and in the Stuttgart area.<\/h1>\r\n

michelle@michellelanguges.com<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

About me: Teaching\/coaching, translating, copy-editing, training and coaching in English and Spanish.<\/h3>\r\n

The first thing I can say about me is that I completed a BA in Spanish at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago before moving to Seville, Spain (August 2000), where I lived for 13 years working for 6 as a medical research translator for international publications transitioning to teaching.<\/p>\r\n

After a postgraduate certification in Translation at the University of Seville in 2006, I then set my goals\u00a0 about teaching. During that time while teaching in private schools and completing an intern-scholarship in Teaching during my master\u2019s degree in secondary education English language teaching (University of Seville, Spain), time was never wasted.<\/p>\r\n

Furthermore, I spent about 3 years teaching in bilingual private secondary schools teaching from 6 to 12 grades. I was the debate team coach and headed up the school’s Cambridge Exam preparation courses. I went on to teach in a private language school, developing the curriculums from scratch and teaching individual and group courses for tailored business purposes as well as exam preparation (IELTS, Cambridge – Proficiency, Advanced and First, and the TOEFL test).<\/p>\r\n

Finally, I’ve been a self-employed teacher in private companies in Germany since 2014<\/strong>, as well as at the VHS in Ludwigsburg and currently Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, DHBW Stuttgart<\/strong>. Specialties include business, technical, legal and medical English. Currently teaching and translating in several multinational companies in the Stuttgart area on site and online.<\/p>\r\n

Experience:<\/h5>\r\n

Self-Employed ESL Teacher\/ Coach\/ Copyeditor\/Translator
(2014 -present)
Self-employed activities include language training, coaching, copy-editing internal documents for corporations, translating legal, technical, general and orientation documents for corporations.<\/p>\r\n

Specialized courses for businesses \/ academics include:
Advanced Business English at the Dual Hochschule Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, DHBW Stuttgart<\/strong> Spring term, 2021 – present<\/strong>
English exam preparation courses for companies and at VHS Ludwigsburg. Business English\/General English. Levels B1-C2, 2015-2020
Specialized courses for Sales and Customer Support, HR, Software Engineering, Manufacturing (Tool and Die), etc.<\/p>\r\n

Business English in companies:<\/p>\r\n