Afrikaans lernen in Wien

Ich heiße Lydia Williams und komme aus Namibia. Ich bin pensioniert und lebe in Wien.

Ich bin ausgebildete Sprachlehrerin und habe Afrikaans (meine Muttersprache) und Deutsch als Fremdsprache über dreissig Jahre lang in Namibia unterrichtet.

Hier in Österreich unterrichte ich Afrikaans seit Oktober 2020 an der VHS Brigittenau. (Im Moment grösstenteils online).

Sprachen zu unterrichten macht mir einfach Spaß!

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data:   Name: Lydia

                             Date of Birth: 15.10.1957

                             Place of Birth: Werda, Botswana

                             Marital Status: Married

                            Nationality: Namibian                           

Studies:

   Goethe-Zertifikat: Zentrale Mittelstufenpruefung C1

   (Goethe-Institut Mannheim – November 2012)

    Diploma in Special Education (1996-1997, University of Namibia, Windhoek)

    Secondary Teachers Diploma (1982, University of Western Cape, Cape Town)

    Baccalaureus Artium: Afrikaans, German (1979-1981, University of Western Cape)

    Senior Certificate (1978, Carlton Van Heerden High School, Upington/RSA)

Experience: Teaching:

Kursleiterin für Afrikaans an der VHS Brigittennau

(Oktober 2020 – März 2023; November 2020 – März 2023 online).

Principal – Khomastura Secondary School (Windhoek, May 2016 – Oct 2017)

Head of Department (HOD) – Languages, Dawid Bezuidenhout Secondary

School, Windhoek (Jan. 2009 – Apr. 2016)

Tutor for German: Goethe Institute in Namibia, Windhoek (2011 – 2018)

Teacher: German Foreign Language, Afrikaans First Language, Afrikaans

Second Language (Grade 8-12, Dawid Bezuidenhout Secondary School

(January1985 – April 2016)

German Foreign Language (Grade 8), Afrikaans First Language (Grade 9-11),

Carlton Van Heerden, Upington/RSA (1983 – 1984)

Knowledge of Languages:

Afrikaans (mother tongue) Exceptionally well (read, write and speak)

English Very Good (read, write and speak)

German Very Good (read and speak), Good (write)

Computer Skills: ICDL (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)

Interests and Activities (Namibia and Austria):

Executive Member of the Austrian Namibian Friendship Organisation (www.oeng.org)

Music: (Listening to music, singing in Church choir, choirmaster for schoolchoir)

Drama: (Heading the Drama Society of our School)

Hobbies: Painting, Dancing (Ballroom & Latin American dancing), Walking / Hiking