Hello! I’m Natalia.

Nice to have you here!

My dream is a world where no one is disadvantaged because of language differences or language barriers.

And what is your dream?

And now to the formalities…

Dr. Natalia Tilton

  • Lecturer in inclusive education with a focus on language; trainer and speaker in the field of community interpreting; professional development trainer and author on language mediation and language anxiety

  • Curriculum Developer at Babbel+

  • Professional development trainer at Hueber Verlag

  • 2017 – 2018 Lecturer at the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Potsdam,
    Department of Inclusive Language Education

  • since 2016 Trainer and consultant in the fields of community interpreting and multilingualism (German as a Second Language). Collaboration with 18 community interpreter pools at Municipal Integration Centers across North Rhine–Westphalia.

  • 2017 – 2018 Lecturer with a focus on Theory and Practice of Interpreting in SprInt courses (for language and integration mediators) at the European Integration Center Berlin. Revision and further development of the SprInt training curriculum.

  • 2016 – 2017 Seminar lead for the Goethe-Institut and member of the regional coordination team, working in the areas of Language and Refuge, Professional Development, Examinations, and Youth Programs.

  • 2016 PhD (Dr. phil.) awarded jointly by the University of Duisburg–Essen and Humboldt University of Berlin. Dissertation: “Foreign Language Anxiety among International Students in German as a Foreign Language.”

  • 2012 Diploma in Linguistics, Translation, and Interpreting

  • 2012 Additional qualification in Russian as a Foreign Language

  • Member of the German Association of Interpreters and Translators (BDÜ)

  • Lecturer in German as a Second and Foreign Language (DaZ/DaF)

  • Author for methodological journals with a focus on foreign language teaching

Publications

Hadzic, E., & Tilton, N. (2023). Communication in crisis: Language mediation in psychosocial counseling for refugees. In M. Brandmaier et al. (Eds.), Supporting and accompanying refugees in psychosocial contexts: A handbook (pp. 176–192). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen. https://doi.org/10.13109/9783666408663.176

Gellinek, E. (2022). State-funded volunteer community interpreting pools at Municipal Integration Centers in North Rhine–Westphalia: Practical insights from Münster. Short interview with Dr. Natalia Tilton, certified interpreter and translator, and lecturer in community interpreting. BDÜ Info NRW, Members’ Magazine of the German Association of Interpreters and Translators, January 2022.

Inozemtseva, N. (2016). Foreign language anxiety among international students in German as a foreign language (Doctoral dissertation, University of Duisburg–Essen). urn:nbn:de:hbz:464-20161215-111841-8

Let’s

create,

help,

dream together!

I dream of a world where no one is disadvantaged because of language differences or language barriers. And you?