If you need a well-educated and experienced German Language teacher, feel free to contact me at: jadranka.bokan@yahoo.de
My name is Jadranka Bokan. I’m a German language teacher based in Novi Sad, the second largest city in Serbia (South-Eastern Europe). I’ve been teaching German for more than 20 years. Teaching is my vocation because I’ve been helping people to learn since I was able to think independently.
I hold an MA in European studies from Europaeum, Regensburg, Germany. During my studies in Germany (2007-2009), I was a grantee of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation. Currently, I work for an IT firm, Planet Systems Group (PSG), in Serbia (working in the field of scholarly publishing) and teach German for EF Corporate Learning.
Before going to Germany and joining the PSG family afterward, I worked as a German-English translator and translation department manager (2004-2007) at Color Press Group, the largest magazine publishing house in the former Yugoslavia. In the meantime, I did an internship in one of the summer courses of the Goethe Institut (Germany) and worked several times as supporting staff (Kinderbetreuerin) in those courses. In 2017, I worked as a German language teacher for the Goethe Institut (Serbia).
In late May 2019, I participated in the Polyglot Gathering in Bratislava. It was an amazing experience for me to talk in front of around 100 people who are all polyglots and from whom I can learn so much. I have summarized several different ways of learning new words, and we exchanged our experiences. It was fascinating!
Here is what the announcement for my workshop looked like in the official program:
Since late 2021, I’ve also been blogging for Learn German with Anja. You certainly know her YouTube channel because Anja is the most prominent YouTube teacher of the German language in the world! Take a look at one of the blog posts that I wrote for her: The best ways to use hin and her in German.
I love giving webinars for teachers, too. Here is a video of my webinar “Jugendliche lernen anders” (Teenagers learn differently). Can you tell that it was held in a hotel room in Belgrade on my colleague’s laptop because mine was stolen the day before? 😀
The German Language Workshop website arose from my rich teaching experience and dealing with the German language and culture on a daily basis. I’m still learning and exploring new and smarter methods on how to make classes more attractive and offer my students more effective learning time. I’ll keep you updated! 🙂
