Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies
Modern Languages building, room 220
Tel 519 888-4567 ext. 32428
Geertruida de Rooij-Mohle
Instructor
Born and raised in the Netherlands, I have been fascinated with languages since I was very young. After studying translation and interpretation in Antwerp, Belgium, I came to the Université de Montréal for a M.A. in Linguistics. I settled with my family in Ontario in 2006 and started teaching Dutch at the University of Waterloo in 2011.
Brikena Kastrati
Instructor
Brikena Kastrati joined the Germanic and Slavic Studies department in August 2019. Prior to moving to Canada, she completed her teacher education program at the University of Kassel, Germany, with English and History as her teaching subjects.
Her interest in languages originates from the migration of her parents from Kosovo to Germany leading to a bilingual background. Learning German as well as English, French and Spanish as further foreign languages herself, she now pursues a communicative and student-centered teaching approach in order to teach and coordinate the German 101 and 102 courses.
Vesna Leko
Instructor
Areas of Interest
20th century Southeastern European literature, women writers, war traumas and the everyday life theory, cultural studies, comparative literature. Mediterranean cultures in the EU context.