M.A., German as a Foreign Language, Technical University of Berlin
M.A., Turkology Humanities, Freie Universität of Berlin
Michael is the founder, trainer, and blogger of smarterGerman, which offers German courses through Amazon's Alexa. He has over 18 years of background teaching both German and English to non-native speakers.
Michael is the author of How to Learn German Faster (Amazon Digital, 2017). He also created Hack Your German, a course available on Udemy.com. Michael's teaching employs the Berlitz Method, which focuses on the spoken language.
Michael Schmitz earned a magister master's degree in German as a Foreign Language from the Technical University of Berlin. He also holds a magister in Turkology Humanities from Freie Universität of Berlin and an extended validation (e.V.) certificate as a trainer of Behavioral and Communicational Education.
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