Instructor of German

• Program Advisor for University of Manitoba German Students Association
• Administrator of Co-Curricular Records (CCR)
• Community Outreach Liaison and Coordinator
• Certified Examiner for Goethe Institut Language Tests
• Certified Translator (ATIM)

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER

M.A. University of Manitoba 2010
Certified and Registered Translator, Association of Translators and Interpreters of Manitoba 1997
B.A. Honors University of Manitoba 1994

• Since 2012 Instructor of German at the Department of German and Slavic Studies, University of Manitoba
• Winter Term 2009 Visiting Instructor at the Department of Modern Languages teaching Normative Grammar, University of Winnipeg
• 2006-2012 Sessional Instructor of German at the Department of German and Slavic Studies, University of Manitoba
• 2004-2006 Principal of MGLE German School (Manitobans for German Language Education) Winnipeg
• Since 2005 Provincial Examiner for German for the Manitoba Department of Education
• Since 1997 Certified Translator working with government agencies and private enterprise
• 1991-2006 Teaching German language classes in Adult and High School Classes

AWARDS

• University of Manitoba Outreach Award, 2014
• Student Teacher Recognition Award, 2014
• Teaching Excellency Award, University of Manitoba, 2010 and 2013
• Manitoba Graduate Fellowship Award, Province of Manitoba
• Faculty of Arts J.G. Fletcher Award, University of Manitoba

TEACHING INTERESTS

• All levels of German language, translation, language certificate preparation (Sprachdiplom I and II, Goethe Institute Certificates A1-C2)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Foreign language acquisition
• Intercultural communication in foreign language teaching and learning
• Translation

For more information contact:
Karin James
Department of German and Slavic Studies
University of Manitoba
German & Slavic Department
335 Fletcher Argue Building, 15 Chancellors Circle
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R3T 2N2
Tel 204-474-9571
Fax 204-474-7601