docent Engels Spraak

• Aug 2017 - Present

English accents coach for actors and NT2 trainer

• Sep 2014 - Present

I am the owner of Mauve Language Matters. I teach expats Dutch in Amstelveen and I coach singers and actors to improve their English pronuciation. I teach English Speech at the Amsterdam Theatre school, ATKA. I am the owner of Mauve Language Matters. I teach expats Dutch in Amstelveen and I coach singers and actors to improve their English pronuciation. I teach English Speech at the Amsterdam Theatre school, ATKA.

English Lecturer and communications trainer

• Aug 2002 - Jul 2014

I taught English to Leisure Management and Tourism Management students I was a communications trainer in English and Dutch. The trainings were: Social Skills, Succesful Team, Leadership and writing skills. I was a supervisor and assessor of graduation reports in Dutch and English and I also supervised internships and assessed them. As a study coach for individual students and I taught study skills to groups of students and I helped individual students with their personal development portfolio. As a member of the examinations commitee for Tourism Management I checked exams and helped to develop more reliable exams. Show less

English and Dutch Language Trainer

• Jun 2000 - Sep 2002

I gave individual and group trainings to ex-pats who needed to learn Dutch either at the language institute or incompany. I also gave English trainings to Dutch professionals. I gave individual and group trainings to ex-pats who needed to learn Dutch either at the language institute or incompany. I also gave English trainings to Dutch professionals.

Tour Guide and Hostess

• Mar 1999 - Dec 2001

I guided tourists through the canals and het IJ in Dutch, English, German, French and (my speciality) Italian on Dinner Cruises, Candlelight Cruises and private parties. I guided tourists through the canals and het IJ in Dutch, English, German, French and (my speciality) Italian on Dinner Cruises, Candlelight Cruises and private parties.

Assistant English Teacher

• Oct 1997 - Feb 1998

I worked as an assistant to an English teacher at a secondary school as part of an Erasmus exchange program to promote educational exchanges within Europe. I taught English and Dutch to 12 to 18 year old pupils and I went to Greece with a group of pupils to rehearse and perform a play with a Greek and a Dutch group of pupils. I worked as an assistant to an English teacher at a secondary school as part of an Erasmus exchange program to promote educational exchanges within Europe. I taught English and Dutch to 12 to 18 year old pupils and I went to Greece with a group of pupils to rehearse and perform a play with a Greek and a Dutch group of pupils.

Dutch Language Tutor

• Oct 1994 - Jun 1995

While I was an exchange student doing an MA in English literature I taught students who were studying German the basics of the Dutch language and set them an exam at the end of the year. While I was an exchange student doing an MA in English literature I taught students who were studying German the basics of the Dutch language and set them an exam at the end of the year.