Janina is a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)-funded teacher at the Peking University with international experience in German as a Foreign Language (DaF), teacher education, and intercultural exchange. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in German Linguistics and Literature and Philosophy, as well as a Master’s degree in German as a Foreign and Second Language and Philosophy. Since 2017, she has taught in Germany and South Korea in a range of academic and professional contexts. From 2017 to 2021, Janina taught intensive German courses preparing learners for university admission (DSH), as well as German grammar and workplace-oriented German courses in Germany. Between 2021 and 2024, she gave phonetics courses and German language courses at the Pusan National University, South Korea, funded by the DAAD as well. During this period, she organised several intercultural exchange events and symposia for language teacher education. From 2024 to 2026, she taught courses on AI-supported text production using large language models, alongside work in life coaching and application management. Her academic background includes research experience in corpus linguistics and tutoring experience as a student assistant (from 2013 to 2016). With genuine openness, Janina is interested in establishing lifelong learning with learners and in her own life at all times.

Research Interests: Didactics and teaching methodologies to improve learning outcomes; artificial intelligence in language teaching and learning; integration of language teaching and work-oriented German

Teaching Courses: German Intensive Courses (A1-B2), Professional German (B2/C1), Listening / Audiovisual Comprehension in German, German Writing, German Phonetics