Born in Deutschlandsberg, a small town in western Styria, my parents left for America when I was two - to, like so many other emigrants, live the American Dream. We settled in Chicago, where we already had a few relatives. I grew up bilingual, speaking English in everyday  school life and German when I was at home. As racial unrest was increasing in the 1960s, my parents decided to return to Austria after 10 years.

Attending school in Austria was difficult at first, because my mother tongue was actually English and I was bad at  German grammar and writing. After 4 years of grammar school at BORG Deutschlandsberg, I started studying English and math  in Graz. I quickly found out that I was at odds with math, so I switched over to geography.

After a few years of teaching at various schools, I got a permanent job at my old school. I was lucky to be a young teacher when the world of information technology started evolving. I spent lots of time reading books on programming and learning how computers and software applications work. As time went on I started teaching IT (web design, office software etc..) and also looked at methods on how you could use computers for language learning. 

When Moodle was created almost 25 years ago, I was highly interested in what this revolutionary kind of software could do. In the last 10 years of my teaching career, I turned final exam tasks into Moodle exercises, which I placed on a platform for my students.

While computer software can never replace classroom language learning by teachers, it can provide valuable help for students who need more practice than others. That is the reason why, after my retirement, I am still dedicated to this project. I would like to maintain this website and offer exam practice for Austrian students.

I appreciate your help and support in making this website more accurate and less error-prone, so if you have some suggestions or want to point out mistakes in the tasks, please do so. Contact me at klaus.rosmanitz@gmail.com or matura@english-tutor.at.

Regards,

Klaus Rosmanitz