Tutoring & Translation

Tutors & Translators

The German language tutors listed on this page are affiliated with our department. They are deeply and broadly familiar with our language courses. Contact them to make arrangements for private tutoring.

Fall 2024

Demetz, Sabine
sabinedemetz1@gmail.com
812-322-2027

Native speaker, Tutoring all levels,  M.A. in Germanic Studies and Italian/Education minor at IU Bloomington.  Teaching experience: G100-G250 and tutoring at IU Bloomington,  M100-M250 (Italian AI/language coordinator) and tutoring at IU Bloomington,  high school/middle school German Teacher,  German/Italian at language schools (Berlitz-School, etc. Vienna, Austria) - all levels. Also currently private lessons in German - all levels.  German translations, research assistance, diction (music students), college/university German/Italian tutoring - all levels.  Passionate about learning and teaching languages in all it's aspects - speaking, reading, grammar, writing and having fun with it.

Donarski, Brian
bdonarsk@iu.edu
920-246-6337

Tutoring all levels. Past tutoring experience 1 year, past teaching experience 4 years.

Harris, Jane
Jeh3@iu.edu
918-521-1062

Tutoring all levels: beginning, intermediate, advanced. I can offer assistance with conversation and speaking skills, grammar and vocabulary, written work, homework, and listening comprehension. I've taught German at IU from 2018-present. I have studied German since 2008 and have lived in Germany for about 7 months. I also have 3 years' experience tutoring in Norwegian and some experience tutoring in Old English, Old Norse, and Old High German. I am flexible to student needs and schedules.

Kniess, Tyler
tykniess@iu.edu
812-272-9232

Tutoring all levels, beginning, intermediate, advanced. Past tutoring experience with G150, G330. Also interested in conversation and grammar. Associate Instructor 2017-present. I have studied German for more than a decade and have lived abroad on multiple occasions. I have been teaching German at the university for a few years now as well.

Peters, Elijah
eldpeter@iu.edu
480-600-8767

Tutoring G100-G250, and G491/G492. Can assist with course work, as well as any additional work the student wants, i.e. conversation, reading comp, translation etc.  I have taught G100-G250, and also G491. I have been studying German for 8 years and spent a semester abroad in Berlin.

Rylander, Luke
lrylande@iu.edu
321-514-8132

Tutoring all levels. Conversation, translation, cultural tid-bits, and armchair philosophy. 6 years of teaching experience. Fluent, near-native speaker of German.