Most of the English teachers at Studieskolen are native English speakers who come from The United Kingdom, The USA, Canada, and Australia. A couple of the teachers are Danes who have lived, worked and studied in England for a long period of time. All of the English teachers have relevant educational backgrounds and plenty of teaching experience.
Steven Bibelheimer
Steven has a master’s degree and a PhD in Germanic Languages and Literature from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. He comes from Tacoma, Washington, and has lived in Denmark for many years where he has played a lot of fastpitch softball in his spare time. Steven teaches both English and German at Studieskolen.
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Claire Clausen
Claire studied English and Education at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand before being headhunted to the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation where she trained and worked as a news journalist and radio and TV presenter. She also worked as a professional actress in New Zealand and London.
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Mavis Graham
Mavis is a CELTA qualified teacher. She has Jamaican roots but was born and raised in England and moved to Denmark in 2003. Mavis has a bubbly personality and believes that lessons should be “fun, funny and informative!”
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Andrew Madsen
Andrew has bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology and English from Concordia University and has many years of experience working in cross-cultural environments having worked in the Arctic and Africa with small local communities on a wide range of training and educational programs and on issues of land use planning and land rights.
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Renée Rutgrink
Renée has a bachelor’s degree in law and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from University of Western Australia.
She comes from Perth in Australia and moved to Denmark in 2006. She loves films, has worked for the film company Zentropa and still produces films.
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Kimberly Sallingboe
Kimberly holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Rice University and has worked in teaching, marketing and corporate communications since 1999. She comes from Houston, Texas, moved to Denmark in 2004 and now lives in Copenhagen with her Danish husband.
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Carole Patricia Southam
Carole is a qualified secondary school and kindergarten teacher and has a Diploma in Business English from CBS. She comes from London and moved to Denmark in 1977, where she has gained extensive experience in teaching English to adults.
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Susan Stavenhagen
Susan has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's degree from Columbia University in International Public Affairs with a specialisation in Journalism. She worked for many years as a consultant in Washington focusing on campaigns and media.
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Auricia Tama-Sweet
Auricia
has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and a master’s degree in Teaching. She lived in various states in America before deciding to blend her passion for travel and learning by teaching overseas. Auricia has taught in China, Guatemala, and Denmark.
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Steven Trier Tett
Steven studied English and Drama at Lancaster University and has a master’s degree in Literary Studies, specialising in modern British political drama, from the University of the West of England. He also has a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults from St. Giles International School of English in Brighton.
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Teaching materiaal
See each separate course description. When it does not say that you need to get a book, the teaching material will be handed out in class and included in the price.
If it says that you need a book, you have to get it before the course starts. You can buy it at Academic Books .
A1, units 1-14
New Headway, Beginner, Student’s Book. Oxford University Press. 3rd edition, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-471456-3.
A2, units 1-12
New Headway, Elementary, Student’s Book. Oxford University Press. 4th edition, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-476898-6.
B1, units 1-12
New Headway, Pre-intermediate, Student’s Book. Oxford University Press. 3rd edition, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-471585-0.
B1/B2, units 1-12
New Headway, Intermediate, Student’s Book. Oxford University Press. 4th edition, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-476864-1.
B2, units 1-12
New Headway, Upper-Intermediate, Student’s Book. Oxford University Press. 3rd edition, 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-439299-0.
C1, units 1-12
New Headway, Advanced, Student’s Book. Oxford University Press. 1st edition, 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-436930-5.