Mrs. Maria Kummetz, M.A.
Instructor of Spanish and German
Carnegie 321A
434/544-8685
kummetz@lynchburg.edu
Experience/Background
Academic Appointments:
July 2007 - present: Instructor of Spanish and German, Lynchburg College
September 1999 - July 2001: Spanish Instructor, Community College "Volkschochschule Donauwörth," Germany (covering the beginner level up to business level of Spanish)
September 2000 - July 2001: Spanish Instructor, "Communitas" language school, Donauwörth, Germany (Commercial correspondence Spanish courses in the language school)
1993 - 1994: Spanish Instructor, Fremdspracheninstitut, Augsburg, Germany
1992 - 1993: Academic Assistant, Romance Linguistic Department of the University Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Professional Appointments:
August 2001 - July 2007, Andrew Corporation, Forest Va., SAP Material Master Administrator and Documentation Specialist, with additional responsibilities such as administration of the electronic component library, professional translations for product documentation, and patent research
2001 - Mikom GmbH, Buchdorf, Germany, Business Development Analyst, Market Development Research for new MiDAS (Mikom Distributed Antenna System) products in Spain
2000 - 2001, Professional translations of various Spanish contractual and technical documents
Degrees and Certifications
M.A., German Philology, Spanish Applied Linguistics, and Spanish Literature, Augsburg University, Germany, 1995
Information on Courses Taught
Elementary and Intermediate Spanish at Lynchburg College
Elementary German
Business Spanish and Spanish Business Correspondence
Professional Associations
ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
AATSP, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
AATG, American Association of Teachers of German
Professional/Research Interests
Applied linguistics and sociolinguistics
Personal Information
Native Spanish speaker: Born in Spain
