Lonneke Bücken

Lonneke has a bilingual background (Dutch and German). Since she was a little girl, she has wanted to be a teacher. She developed an interest in language learning and studied language processes in the brain in cognitive psychology. Later, she worked as a social work teacher in higher education.

She enjoys analyzing language and playing with it. This is reflected in her love for grammar, word plays and in writing short stories and poems. In class, humor and a good atmosphere are important to her. She loves to meet all kinds of people in her class and to support their language development and confidence in talking.

In her leisure time, she spends a lot of time outside with her dog and friends. She likes the silence of nature. She also likes dancing, acting and cooking and baking healthy food.