Simon Tribe is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Canada with a Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Linguistics. Simon also holds a post-graduate teaching certificate in TESL from the University of Toronto. Simon's teaching experience includes teaching English as a Foreign Language in Germany at the personal, corporate and university level including courses in English for Specific Purposes for Business English, Technical English and English for Academic Purposes. Simon has also taught intensive classes in English as a Second Language as well as English for Academic Purposes to students at the college level in Canada. As a speaker of German as a Foreign Languge himself, Simon can relate to the hopes and challenges of his students. Coupled with training in intercultural communicative competence, Simon thrives on the interaction with his students each semester that help the students achieve their own personal goals.