Julia Sommer, MA
Julia Sommer, MA
Where I come from: Vienna, Austria
My language skills: German, Dutch, English
My educational background: 1988-1991 Training as primary school teacher at the Pedagogical Academy in Vienna. 1992-1995 Studied Nederlandkunde/Dutch Studies at the University of Leiden (NL).
My professional career: 1995-1998 & since 2001 Lecturer in Dutch Studies, language acquisition, fluency, translation exercises, syntax, business Dutch and textual competence at the Department of Nederland Studies, Unversity of Vienna. 1995-96 Lecturer in Dutch language and culture studies at the Karl Franzens University in Graz. 1995-2002 Course leader for Dutch language courses at Polycollege Stöbergasse. 1998-1999 Lecturer for Dutch at the Comenius University in Bratislava. 2000-2003 & 2007-2009 Project assistant at the Department of Dutch Studies, University of Vienna: webmaster activities and development of virtual language learning modules. Since October 2005 Dutch trainer at the Language Centre of the University of Vienna.
My teaching motto: For me, teaching means supporting people to discover, develop and learn knowledge themselves. Everything is easier with joy, and what you like to do, you do well.
