Tutor profile - Katharyn

Katharyn began her studies at the University of Tübingen, after completion of a gap year in Germany. She studied Germanistik and Linguistik for two years, before returning to the UK to complete a BA Hons in German at Stirling University. After three years as a bi-lingual project coordinator at a major British translation company, she undertook a PGCE in Modern Languages at the University of Bristol. She began teaching German and French at a comprehensive school in Berkshire before moving to gain four years IB experience delivering German A and B, at a small international boarding school in Cornwall.

After migrating to Australia in 2008, she upskilled with a CELTA at Phoenix Academy in Perth, where she also taught adult EAL learners. Furthermore, she taught middle and secondary school German at two prestigious independent schools. Upon returning to the UK in 2018, Katharyn taught German and EAL (Academic IELTS) for four years in Aberdeen before joining Gordonstoun for a year as their EAL specialist. In this role she prepared a wide range of candidates for the B2 First for Schools and IELTS exams, supported new and emergent learners with their everyday EAL needs including subject-specific GCSE consolidation and vocabulary input.

Most recently Katharyn was teaching the full range of secondary German in Slovakia (CAIE iGCSE) and is now a freelance German teacher with Lingoda, the online language school and an experienced online tutor for MLAT, ISEB 13+ German, GCSE and A Level German. She is very passionate about all aspects of language and remains to this day an avid learner herself, often tuning into German TV for entertainment and documentaries. Katharyn adores travelling both at home and abroad, as this feeds her curiosity and her zest for life and learning.