Ruth A Burch

Dr Burch Languages, a language school offering German and English language training. It also offers translation, editing and interpreting services.

18.06.2016- Teaching of Business German and Business English to international pharmaceutical companies (Zambon, Ginsana and Micro-Sphere) and to the software company Arca24 (groups and 1-to-1 teaching) at British Language Centre SA, 6900 Lugano, Via S. Balestra 27, Tel: 0912105767, Email: training@lacc.ch

Assistant Editor of the "Existenz" online journal that publishes contemporary research on the philosopher Karl Jaspers. The mission of "Existenz" is to encourage research and publication on problems and topics in the history of philosophy, phenomenology, existentialism, and hermeneutics; psychology, philosophy of religion, politics, culture, and the arts. The journal serves as a medium of publication for Jaspers scholarship, it cooperates with various national Jaspers societies.

Volume 15/2 of the online research journal "Existenz" www.existenz.us is now published. It contains two of my Nietzsche essays: 1. ‘On Cheerfulness and Seriousness in Nietzsche and Jaspers’. In: Existenz (1932-1066), vol. 15, fall issue 2020, 65-72. www.existenz.us. https://lnkd.in/e7mMW8Bt 2. ‘Cheerful Creation of Words and Worlds: Nietzsche's The Gay Science in English Translation’. In: Existenz (1932-1066), vol. 15, fall issue 2020, 46-54. www.existenz.us. https://lnkd.in/en7Bxwts

21.02.2022-20.06.2022 I was teaching German at intermediate level to six first-year classes and two second-year classes with 20 teenagers in each class at Liceo Lugano 2 in Savosa in Lugano, Switzerland.

20.07.2021-27.01.2022 German teacher of adults and professionals working for universities and international firms (groups and 1-to-1 teaching) at leading Lingoda Online Language School, Berlin, Germany.

April 2014-2019 Senior German Teacher of adults and teenagers (groups and 1-to-1 teaching)

2012-2014 English Teacher at Open University Lugano: corsi per adulti, Universita popolare Ticino.

At various times in 2007-8 I did office work for the National Assessment Agency (NAA) in the UK.

In 2008 I worked for a half a year full-time as Data-Inputter and Administrator for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in Coventry, England. As Membership Operations Assistant I was involved with the recruitment, registration and the retention of student and trainee members of RICS. RICS regulates worldwide the work of land and property specialists.