After getting an MA in TESOL and German in 1998, I moved to Germany to be with my husband Jörg.  My first job was one that I never imagined having — teaching Business English at companies.  Despite experience teaching ESL, I found the job quite challenging and was really grateful for the support that I received from my colleagues at the time.  This experience was one of my main motivations to start writing articles for ETp together with Caireen and Debbie  — to give teachers who are just starting out in the field of business English the tools to feel confident with the job that they have just taken on.  I am very excited that these original articles have now expanded into the book – The Business English Teacher – and my hope is that teachers will find this a useful resource for meeting the challenges of teaching business English.

Currently, I teach Business English at the University of Applied Sciences Münster,  Germany.  It is a great job and I love the contact with the students.  My path into this job was not straight forward and it is one that I honestly never imagined having.  But everyday I am happy that I made teaching business English, my business!