The Team
We are a team of experienced and dedicated TAU faculty members who teach foreign languages at all levels, as well as international graduate students who have tutored in diverse global settings.
Marina Mash
Spanish, English, and Russian
Marina Mash holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Linguistics and Philology from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Moscow) as well as an MA in Russian as a Foreign Language, and a MA in Spanish Translation Studies. Marina also holds a specialist degree in English Translation Studies from Lomonosov Moscow State University. In addition to her experience teaching English, Spanish, and Russian, Marina has over 10 years of experience in journalism, during which she covered international agendas in Spanish and English.
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Anne Gladitz
German
As of October 2021, Anne Gladitz is a representative of the DAAD Lektor Programme at Tel Aviv University (Division of Languages). In Dresden and Budapest, Anne studied German as a foreign language, art history, and law. She worked as a German teacher, qualifying students from different countries and diverse backgrounds. Between 2005 and 2011 she was a DAAD representative in Istanbul. In the last ten years during her time at Bielefeld University, she conducted research at UC Berkeley as a Fulbright scholar. As part of her research, she collected empirical data at universities in Exeter, Budapest, and Istanbul on the importance of sociocultural background knowledge in the acquisition of German legal language. In addition to focusing on constitutional law and educational policy, teaching culture and language for special purposes, Anne is an avid enthusiast of performative teaching and learning.
Dr. Marina Niznik
Russian
Dr. Marina Niznik is currently teaching Russian in the Division of Languages at Tel Aviv University. She is the coordinator of the Russian language program and is involved in several projects which explore the acculturation of Russian immigrants in Israel. She is an author and co-author of several textbooks of Russian as a foreign and a heritage language. She graduated in 1986 from the Faculty of Philology of the Moscow State University, and received her doctoral degree in 1999. The title of her dissertation is “Teaching Russian to Hebrew speakers”. In 2001 she completed her post-doctorate research “Acculturation of Russian adolescents in Israel” at Bar Ilan University (Advisor, Professor B. Spolsky).
Meggie Kaplan
French, Turkish, and English
Meggie Kaplan is a multilingual fluent in English, French, Turkish, and Hebrew. She has a combined experience of 20 years in teaching languages at different Israeli universities and translating material related to the geopolitics of the Middle East for the US government. Meggie holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in expressive art therapies. She has a vast array of interests including music, plastic and fiber arts, antiques, education and more.
Ilan Rubin
Arabic
Ilan Rubin received his B.A. in Arabic and Hebrew Language from Tel Aviv University, and his M.A. in Arabic from Bar Ilan University. He began teaching Arabic at Tel Aviv University in 1993 at the Middle Eastern History Department, and in 2015 at Middle Eastern Studies (MAMES) program. For five years he worked as a supervisor of Arabic teaching in the Ministry of Education.
Antonia Wilmes
German
Antonia earned her BA and MA in Education at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. She completed her traineeship in Education at a secondary school in Germany where she acquired additional qualifications for teaching Literature through Performing Arts, as well as teaching German as a second language. Additionally, Antonia has taught German and History at various secondary schools in Germany, and has years of experience teaching German as a foreign language, both in Germany and in Israel. Antonia currently teaches German in the Division of Languages at Tel Aviv University. She also teaches at a non-profit German cultural association in Israel.