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Carla Ender M.A.

Didactic-Developer - Modern Languages - Intercultural Trainer

Personal Profile

My understanding of different life realities was extremely widened from childhood on, beginning with my professional ballet formation in St. Gallen and Vienna. My way becoming an enthusiastic didactic-developer, inhouse-trainer and official IB & AP teacher at the famous Swiss elite boarding school Institute auf dem Rosenberg, even an inventor for deep learning processes, took me several years abroad to elite universities in France, Brazil and Germany. My international work and life experiences formed me into a versatile intercultural teaching expert in terms of languages and cultural anthropology: The German Chamber of Commerce called me for manager trainings, the University of Reutlingen called me for lecturing students from four continents and Institute auf dem Rosenberg called me for introducing new didactic-qualities in modern foreign languages as inhouse-trainer and official IB & AP teacher. In Germany, I also became co-founder of the commercial TIMGEO GmbH and team lead of the Portuguese speaking children group Caranguejos, inclusive my own two Multilinguals. Today, I am empowered to equip kids, teenagers and families for happily reaching their potential in their life and working environment at home and abroad.

Work Experiences & Education

Artisan® for modern foreign languages at the Institute auf dem Rosenberg (Switzerland - St. Gallen)

August, 2021 - today

Didactic-developer (specialised in physio-kinesthetic learning processes): developing teaching and training materials | teacher for inhouse trainings for LAM (Learning by Active Methods) | teacher for German & French as a Foreign Language (following RIC, CELF, IB Diploma Programme and AP Programme) | primary teacher for German for Native Speakers (following the official Swiss-German curriculum): from grade 1-6 | official IB & AP teacher: for IB ab initio and AP German Language and Culture | individual lessons for immersion in grammar | exam preparation for top-level proficiency exams (unbroken record of 100% pass rate including top grades to date): AP German Language and Culture | IB Ab Initio (German/French) | GOETHE A1-B1 Fit in Deutsch | GOETHE A1-C1 | Test DaF | TELC.

Specialisation AP German Language and Culture

September, 2022

Specialisation Official Swiss Teaching License: for primary and middle school

July, 2021

Specialisation IB Ab Initio

October, 2021


The Rosenberg Camps at the Institute auf dem Rosenberg (Switzerland - St. Gallen)

July, 2021

Teacher for German as a Foreign Language & Intercultural Communication in small groups| individual lessons for immersion in grammar | preparation for top-level proficiency exams in German.

Reutlingen University (Germany - Reutlingen)

October, 2017 - June, 2021

Lecturer for German as a Foreign Language (following CELF): intercultural communication classes | presentation-workshops | writing-workshops | grammar-workshops for international students.

Portuguese speaking parents/child-group Caranguejos (Germany - Tübingen)

May, 2014 – September, 2017

Co-management and team leader: 2x/month pedagogical meetings for children in Brazilian Portuguese with Brazilian regional information (Geography & Culture).

Founding Member, Fellow Partner & Lector at TIMGEO GmbH (Germany - Tübingen)

April, 2010 – December, 2019

Lector | translation of texts, articles and documents (German/Portuguese/German) | intercultural communication consultancy.

Language Institute SIT & Official TELC-Examiner (Germany - Tübingen)

April, 2005 – October, 2009

Lecturer for modern languages following CELF (German/French/Portuguese)& intercultural communication from middle school age onwards in an international environment | development of teaching and training material | trainer for Innovative Grammar Teaching Methods | preparing for official exams (TELC, Test DaF) with an unbroken record of 100% pass rate including top grades to date.

Marketing Internship at the Research Institute Fraunhofer-Technologie TEG (Germany - Stuttgart)

April, 2004 – September, 2004

Marketing Department: flyer design | presentation materials | press release writing | trade fair and event management.

Trainer & Coach for Language & Culture (Brazil - São Paulo)

June, 2001 – August, 2003

Teacher for German as a Foreign Language for children and teenagers (following CELF) | German/French/Portuguese for adults (following CELF) | raising awareness for intercultural processes at global players such as: Bosch, Knorr-Bremse, Demarest & Co, Henkel, Abn-Amro/Banco Real, etc.

Developing & successfully applying of LAM (Learning by Active Methods) at language institutes (Brazil - Germany - Switzerland)

Since 2000

Goethe-Institut (Brazil), D’Kurs Idiomas (Brazil), Sprachinstitut Tübingen (Germany), TELC (Germany), Reutlingen University (Germany), Institut auf dem Rosenberg (Switzerland).

D´KURS LINK IDIOMAS Language School (Brazil - São Paulo)

September, 2000 – July, 2003

Teacher for German as a Foreign Language (following CELF): at the school and at companies like German-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.

Marketing Internship at the Goethe-Institut (Brazil - São Paulo)

May, 2000 – September, 2000

Marketing Department: organisation of international events | sponsorship | translation.

M.A. Studies of Modern Roman Languages: Portuguese and French (Austria - France - Brazil)

October, 1994 – March, 2000

Three places: University of Vienna (Austria) - Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III (France) - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (Brazil) | Special Emphasis: linguistics, cultural anthropology, stereotypes, identification, translation (German – Portuguese - French) | scholarships at: Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III (1997-1998) & Universidade Federal de São Carlos/SP in Brazil (1998-1999).

Higher Boarding School Boerhaavegasse III Vienna & Ballet School of the Vienna State Opera (Austria - Vienna)

September, 1991 – June, 1994

General Qualification for University Entrance: evaluation of Excellent | in parallel: professional ballet education at Vienna State Opera (until 1994).

High School Dornbirn Center (Austria - Dornbirn) & Ballet School of the Theater St. Gallen (Switzerland - St. Gallen)

September, 1985 – June, 1991

Specialising in languages: German, French, English, Latin | preparation for ballet education at Vienna State Opera (1988-1991).

My Languages

    German and Alemannic: mother tongues
    Brazilian Portuguese: mother tongue level
    English: B2/C1
    French: B2/C1

My Strengths

  • Brazilian expert
  • Gift for languages
  • Interculturaly versed
  • Captivating
  • Promoting potentials
  • Creative
  • Innovative
  • Grammar didactics
  • Lifelong learning
  • Empathic
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Focused
  • Media fit
  • Digitally versed

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