Teacher Bios
Tanya Blanchard - Kaltbrunnen Schulhaus
Master's of Business Administration (Cardiff University) and Economics graduate (University of Benin City, Nigeria). I have experience working with kids having worked in a nursery and of course, with my own children (ages 10 and 2).
I have only recently joined the HSK to teach the "butterflies" group.
"Butterflies" is a non-readers class. The children learn English through songs, stories, games and generally by having fun. This will be a great opportunity for them to broaden their vocabulary and further develop their language skills.
The new dates/times are as follows:
14:00pm till 15:30pm on Wednesdays at the Kaltbrunnen Schulhaus, Room 301.
Class Dates:
1. 18.08.10 - Introductory/Trial class
(NOTE: Both classes on this day to start at 14:00)
2. 25.08.10
3. 01.09.10
4. 08.09.10
5. 15.09.10 - Visit to the Jukibu library - all welcome
6. 22.09.10
7. 13.10.10
8. 20.10.10
9. 27.10.10
10. 03.11.10
11. 10.11.10
12. 17.11.10
13. 24.11.10
Karin Mohler - Bruderholz Primary School
Karin is an experienced English teacher and has worked with adults and
children of all ages for 15 years. She has three children aged: 8, 6 1/2
and 2 1/2.
I am really looking forward to teaching the HSK 'butterfly' and 'eagle'
classes. I hope to expand the children's vocabulary by reading and telling
stories. We are also going to have fun talking about and comparing the
children's cultures with the culture that we are living in. As it is an
after-school programme I plan to make the topics varied and exciting with
the aim of learning whilst having fun.
Class Dates:
Fridays 13:30 – 15:00
March 5th, 12th*, 19th and 26th
April 16th, 23rd, 30th
May 7th, 21st, 28th
June 4th, 18th
*Session for March 12th has been replaced by a field trip to the Zoo on Saturday 13th or Sunday 14th from 10-11:30am.
Katie Burns - Sevogel Schulhaus
Katie has a PhD in English Literature from Yale University and
has gained a lot of experience teaching adults and Children. She has lived
in Basel for the past 3 years and has two children aged 10 and 7.
She will be teaching the ‘Eagles’ group at Sevogelschule.
Coleen Dunkel - Schulhaus Kaltbrunnen
UC Berkeley graduate, and native Californian, has taught the
middle school level of English in HSK from its beginnings in 2006. The
middle school classes focus on spelling, reading and writing as well as
vocabulary building. There are semester tests as well as plenty of opportunity
to use spoken English in discussions of interest to the participants,
aged 10-13.
Sarah Dawson - Rotacker School, Liestal & Thomasgarten
School, Oberwil
Sarah is a fully qualified and experienced primary school teacher
and mother of two girls aged 8 and 9. She is currently working as coordinator
and teacher for HSK English in two locations on different days with children
from Kindergarten up to middle school. Additionally, Sarah teaches English
as a second language to adults and children.
Sarah enjoys encouraging the children to develop their English language skills through a themed approach with activities appropriate to age, interest and ability. The result is improved performance and confidence in English.