Gerhard

About me

Languages and cultures have always fascinated me. In school, of course, German was always my favorite subject, and reading newspapers has been my hobby since I could read. Later, I pursued my passion in three different university courses. Ten years ago I have now made my great love to the profession, and teaching makes me still as much fun as on the first day!

After graduating from high school, I studied communication science, history and English studies at the University of Essen (NRW) and completed my studies in 1998 with a Magister Artium. In 2005 I returned to the academic world and studied Ibero-Romanic Philology/Portuguese at the University of Bonn for 4 semesters in preparation for my move to Portugal. Finally, in 2010/2011, I completed a PostGrad Distance Learning DAF (focus on teaching German abroad) at the Goethe Institute. Languages I learn besides somehow always, at the moment, since I live in Barcelona since 2014, mainly Catalan.