since 03/2009 Professional Freelance Translator/Editor/Proofreader for German/English/Spanish

Main areas of expertise: Tourism: including SEO-optimized hotel descriptions, marketing material, tours, itineraries, flight schedules etc.
Marketing: including websites, company profiles, etc.

since 09/2007 Freelance Teacher of German and English

09/2005 - 08/2007 Co-ordinator of German Language Learning Centre in Novosibirsk, Russia (Assistant to the Goethe Institut Moscow)

09/2004 - 08/2005 Teacher of German as a Foreign Language at Shitennoji International Buddhist University, Osaka, Japan

07/2003 - 08/2004 Lecturer in German Studies at Novosibirsk State's University, Russia (Lecturership of the Robert Bosch Foundation)

02/2003 - 04/2003 Teaching Trainee at the University of Barcelona, Spain

EDUCATION

10/2001 - 09/2003 Postgraduate Degree in Teaching German as a Foreign Language (University of Leipzig, Germany)

09/2001 - 07/2002 Postgraduate Degree in Project Management (IPWL, Leipzig, Germany)

10/1995 - 09/2001 M.A. in English and Italian Studies and M.A. in Communication and Media Science (University of Leipzig , Germany + University of Wales, Bangor, UK)

2003 - 2004 and 2005 - 2007 Editor and Co-writer of a German Cultural Magazin "Novokult" in Novosibirsk, Russia

1996 - 1998 Trainee and Freelancer at Radio station "Mephisto 97.6", Leipzig, Germany

German (Native)

English (Fluent)

Spanish (Fluent)

Russian (Good Working Knowledge)

Catalan (Intermediate)

Japanese (Basic)

Beniko Mason, Martina Vanata, Katrin Jander, Ramona Borsch, Stephen Krashen: "The Effects and Efficiency of Hearing Stories in Vocabulary Acquisition by Students of German as a Second Foreign Language." Indonesian JELT - Journal of English Language Teaching (http://www.benikomason.net/articles/effects_and_efficiency/index.html)