When learning a new language, it is always important to practise after class. Hence I have tried with my classmate Vickie previously to meet up once or twice a week and chat in German.

We have been to quite a few places, such as a small library near her home, where we borrowed some children books and learn basic vocabularies. We also sat in the Tiergarten and shared each other’s culture and language. It is also nice walking along the Friedrichstrasse, and even asked for directions in German! One evening, we watched a play in Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm, but we could hardly understand the meaning of it.

Although it is sometimes not easy to express ourselves in German, as there are often words that we don’t know or forget. Nevertheless, whenever we encountered some words that we haven’t learnt before, we would always look up in the dictionary. This could in fact helps memorizing the words better than revising on your own, coz we actually use them and involve in the conversation. Therefore, I strongly encourage you to meet with your classmates after class and sprichst auf Deutsch!