If you need a well educated and experienced German Language teacher or a learning / chat / speaking partner, feel free to contact me!
per e-mail at: jadranka.bokan@yahoo.de
or on Skype at: jadranka_b_private
My name is Jadranka Bokan Berger. 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.
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I hold a 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 in my spare time.
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Prior to going to Germany and joining the PSG “family” I worked as a translator for German and English at the 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).
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In late May 2019 I took part at Polyglot Gathering in Bratislava. It was an amazing experience for me to talk in front of around 100 people who are all polyglots and who I can learn so much from. I have summarized several different ways of learning new words and we exchanged our experiences. It was really interesting!
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Here is how the announcement for my workshop looked like in the official program:
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Since late 2021 I’m also blogging for Learn German with Anja. You certainly know her YouTube channel because Anja is the most prominent YT-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 from a hotel room in Belgrade on my colleague’s laptop because mine was stolen the day before? π
The German Language Workshop web site 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! π