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Eva Maria Suárez Büdenbender

State College,PA

Summary

Experienced language teacher, learning designer, researcher, and project manager. Highly-motivated, with a desire to take on new challenges. Guided by a strong work ethic, adaptability for working in international settings, and very strong interpersonal skills.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Proofreader

SPEAK
09.2023 - Current

QA Proofreading of German in-app learning content (all learning levels)

Content Creator German

Babbel Live (Germany)
01.2022 - Current

Creating and editing German learning content (CEFR A1-C1)

Learning Designer

EF-Education First
05.2021 - Current

Creating and editing original German in-app language learning scenarios such as exercise activities, audio and video scripts, and reading exercises for adult learners (CEFR A1-C1 levels)

Assistant/Associate Professor of Spanish

Shepherd University (WV)
08.2009 - 12.2021
  • Designing, developing, and delivering training content for a wide range of courses at all learning levels (Spanish and German)
  • Heading projects crucial to program development (e.g., elaborating program learning goals; collecting and analyzing data on assessment testing of language learners)

Graduate Scholar

Pennsylvania State University
08.2003 - 08.2009

Studies of Hispanic linguistics (Romance Languages, Spanish) with course work for German linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Language Trainer

Inlingua Language School
Atlanta , GA
01.1999 - 01.2002

Language training for German and English to international clients

Education

Ph.D. - Spanish Linguistics

Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
08.2009

Master of Arts - History

Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany
12.1997

Skills

  • Designing, developing, and delivering training content
  • Curriculum management
  • Research design, coding, data analysis, transcription
  • Problem solving
  • Formal/academic writing
  • Sociolinguistic & ethnographic research
  • Public speaking
  • Microsoft Office, Outlook, Google Suite, SPSS, Zoom, Catalyst, Airtable 360, Slack, Lokalise

Languages

German
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Native/ Bilingual
French
Limited

Timeline

Proofreader

SPEAK
09.2023 - Current

Content Creator German

Babbel Live (Germany)
01.2022 - Current

Learning Designer

EF-Education First
05.2021 - Current

Assistant/Associate Professor of Spanish

Shepherd University (WV)
08.2009 - 12.2021

Graduate Scholar

Pennsylvania State University
08.2003 - 08.2009

Language Trainer

Inlingua Language School
01.1999 - 01.2002

Ph.D. - Spanish Linguistics

Pennsylvania State University

Master of Arts - History

Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Eva Maria Suárez Büdenbender