Franziska Pugin-Maurer

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Who I am

My background

Fascinated by and passionate about languages, I left Thun, my hometown, to perfect foreign languages. In Geneva, I met my husband with whom I had two – now adult – daughters. It is with great pleasure that I devoted myself to this family life. Franziska Pugin-Maurer Born in Thun (BE) Certified trainer (BFFA) After this time devoted to our daughters, I was once again gripped by language fever. So I took advanced German courses at Ifage, where I met the head of the German department. My devotion for studies as well as my team spirit led her to offer me a job as a teacher at their premises. Since 2010, I have been teaching German with passion and kindness. Subsequently, I started to teach the comprehension of Swiss-German (from Bern, Basel, St. Gall and Zurich) and I have also been teaching the Bernese dialect (oral and written comprehension, as well as speaking and even writing). Today, I have created this site with the aim to share my passion for languages with a wide number of individuals who are eager to learn. Personally, I love to learn by communicating. I would therefore like, through these sessions, to develop the concept of "walk and talk" to teach in a new way and combine business with pleasure.

Short biography

  • 1968 · Born in Thun (BE)
  • 1975 – 1987 · Compulsory schooling and apprenticeship as a commercial employee with a real estate agency (purchasing, sales and management) in Thun
  • 1987 · Three months of language school in Cambridge "First Certificate in English" (B1)
  • 1988 · Various temporary jobs in Bern and Thun
  • 1989 · Six months of language school in Cambridge "Certificate of Proficiency in English" (C2)
  • 1989 – 1996 · Stock exchange assistant Bank employee in Geneva for six years
  • 1990 – 1992 · French evening classes "Alliance Française, Higher Diploma in Modern French Studies, literature option"
  • 1993 · Italian evening course, then three months of language school in Florence
  • 1997 – 2010 · Stay-at-home mom
  • 2007 – 2010 · German evening course "Grosse Deutsches Sprachdiplom" (C2) then German literature course
  • Since 2010 · Part-time German lessons at Ifage (www.ifage.ch) including evening classes, intensive courses, business German, corporate courses, Swiss German and Bernese dialect courses
  • Since 2010 · Examiner for the Goethe Institute A1-C2
  • 2012 – 2017 · Federal Adult Training Certificate (BFFA)
  • 2024 – 2025 · Certificate of administrative competence

Today

Alongside my courses at the ifage, I teach individuals and small groups to share my passion for languages. I love learning through conversation: that is where the « walk and talk » idea came from, a different way of teaching that combines the useful with the pleasant.

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