Elvira Groot
Selbstständig, Director, Intercultural Business Communication
Wassenaar, Niederlande
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Elvira Groot
Bis heute
Director
Intercultural Business Communication
5 Monate, Apr. 2009 - Aug. 2009
Teacher of Business German
Continental Gas Storage
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language for senior managers including assignments as coach for intercultural training
4 Jahre und 9 Monate, Apr. 1996 - Dez. 2000
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language
Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language for senior managers, including assignments as coach for intercultural training, and as language advisor on company publications.
6 Jahre, Jan. 1995 - Dez. 2000
Academic Coordinator
European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages
1. Academic Coordinator of the “Lingua” research project. 2. Responsible for the development of German language tests.
3 Jahre und 4 Monate, Jan. 1996 - Apr. 1999
Teacher of Business German
InterKultur, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Teacher of Business German for non-German senior managers. Clients included Citibank and Siemens
2 Jahre und 7 Monate, Nov. 1995 - Mai 1998
Author
Ernst Klett Publishers, Stuttgart (Germany)
Author of course books and teacher's handbooks for Business German
8 Monate, Mai 1995 - Dez. 1995
Head of Department
Esta Bildungswerk e. V., Düsseldorf (Germany)
4 Monate, Jan. 1995 - Apr. 1995
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language
Esprit de Corps, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language for senior managers including assignments as coach for intercultural training
2 Jahre und 10 Monate, März 1992 - Dez. 1994
Head of English Department
Institut für Internationale Kommunikation
Head of Department for English, responsible for tuition of university teachers, development of both English and German language courses for academic courses and companies alike, development of summer “immersion courses” in Business German.
2 Jahre und 1 Monat, Feb. 1990 - Feb. 1992
Teacher of Business German
Institut für Internationale Kommunikation
Teacher of Business German as well as German as a Foreign Language, development of Business English curriculum
2 Jahre und 10 Monate, Apr. 1987 - Jan. 1990
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language
Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Teacher of German as a Foreign Language for students preparing for the university language entrance examination
Ausbildung von Elvira Groot
1987 - 1988
English linguistics and literature
University of Reading, UK
1986 - 1989
Qualification teaching German as a foreign language
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
1982 - 1991
English and German linguistics and literature
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Sprachen
Englisch
Fließend
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Niederländisch
Fließend