I’m Verena, born and raised in Germany, and I’ve always been fascinated by other countries, cultures and languages.
In school, I’ve studied a few foreign languages, but I didn’t master all of them. Because learning languages in school often isn’t the best way to become fluent.
That’s why I had to find a way myself, especially to learn how to speak and eventually to become fluent.
As an absolute fan of the Italian culture and language I “had” to move to Italy after school. I only booked a one-way ticket since I did not want to come back until I was fluent in Italian. Said and done!
Afterwards, I wanted to study languages at university, but I ended up studying International Business. At least, I had Business English and Business Italian as a part of the course.
During my studies, I always gave language lessons and worked as a translator. So, languages have always been part of my life.
After graduating from university, I worked as an Operations & Marketing Assistant for a tour operator in Miami.
In the following three years I was constantly on the move, searching for the perfect place while discovering new cultures and destinations.
Well, I did not find the perfect place, but I’ve found my way back to my passion – languages.
Since 2017 I have been working full-time as a language coach, specialized in German & Italian, and as a translator (English to German; Italian to German).
my mission
While living in Spain, I started learning Spanish. My next trip is taking me to Brazil, so I thought I could learn a bit of Portuguese on the way as well.
And I have a mission: I want to share my personal language learning journey with you.
I have studied 4 foreign languages, but I’m only fluent in two of them so far.
That means I know exactly how to learn a foreign language successfully, just as well I know how it does not work.
At the moment, I’m learning Spanish and Portuguese and I will be sharing my personal language journey with you.
Together we can reach our goal of becoming fluent in our target language(s) – step by step.
On Instagram and on this blog, I will be sharing my personal journey, tips & tricks, so that we can reach our language goals together.
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