Let´s go!

And now I would like to „show“ my class and our beers ! Hi hi… We were so lucky today, the weather is so great! So we can enjoy everything together at Marientplatz, we walking together from DeutschAkademic to the Alter Peter, and because of the nice weather so we had a great view from the top of this tower, I could see almost everywhere in the city of Müchen. We also had very good exercise (sport) when we climbed up to the top of the tower, ha ha… After that we enjoyed beer together and talked a lot. German beer is the best one in my opinion! So let´s cheer! And I wish both of you have good time, successful in studying and in life!

Unfortunately I forgot my camera today so I have to ask help from my class and my teacher so that I can collect the pictures from their cameras and I will upload more and more as soon as possible! Pls note: They have very good and funny pictures on their cameras! Hi hi..

Let´s get drunk!

So, I was talking a lot about some nice and relaxing places here in Munich, ha! I think now we should focus a little bit more on studying – let´s save the entertainment for tomorrow afternoon (as it will be almost weekend at that time), do you agree? This morning, when I saw my friend Priyanka registering for the next course, I just realized that almost 3 weeks past already, and in just one more week I will finish level 1B! I am so happy that I have had the chance to take my course here, as I learned a lot from this course – from intensive “Grammatik” to extended practice skills (listening, speaking and writing). I am especially thankful to my teacher, who teaches me a lot during my studies here! As I told you, before I am going to class, I often read the next lessons to understand, what we are going to talk about, especially about the “Grammatik”. And the following day, my teacher helped me to understand the lesson and grammar – so everything became clearer! If I look back, I realize how much we learned already. Now I know more about “Akkusative”, “Dativ”, “Trennbare Verben”, “Possessiv-Artikel”, “Modalverben”, “Präteritum”, “Perfekt”, “Komparativ”, “Superlative” …und so weiter! It is a lot, right?

When we understand more about the basic “Grammatik”, our teacher offers us more writing exercises, to practice more in our class or at home. I really love this, when I can work on this kind of exercise. My brain gets much better challenged with writing exercises, than with “Fill in the blank” or “Multiple choices exercise”, etc.  With writing exercises, I have to think more about “Grammatik”, about the correct words and the right positions within the sentence. To be honest, sometimes I also feel lazy to write. But as soon as I start to work on it, I can finish it soon and remember what I have studied better! In this entry, I would like to combine another of my writing exercises. We have to write about our own countries, so this is a chance for me to introduce a little bit with you about Vietnam – my country; and my city – Saigon! (I know that my Deutsch is not perfect at the moment, but I just try. He he…)

MEIN LAND – VIETNAM

Dieser Text ist nicht nur die Hausaufgabe. Ich möchte Ihnen ein bisschen über mein Land schreiben :-)

Vietnam liegt in Südostasien. Es grenzt an Kambodscha, Laos und China. Wir haben eine ganz lange Bergkette vom Norden bis in den Süden. Der Osten von Vietnam liegt am Meer. Wir haben viele Flüsse, die  von dem Berg in das Meer fließen. Es gibt vier große Städte in Vietnam, Hanoi ist die Hauptstadt, aber Saigon (order auch Ho Chi Minh City) ist die größte Stadt, es hat rund 9 Millionen Einwohner. Unsere Wirtschaft besteht aus der Landwirtschaft, der Industrie und dem Handel. Heute sind die Industrien sind am wichtigsten. Unsere Spezialitäten sind der Reis, Tee, Kaffe, Paprika und die Fischsoße.

Das größte Volksfest von Vietnam ist das Lunar New Year Fest (Neumondjahr?), das im Februar statt findet. Viele Touristen reisen wegen diesem Fest nach Vietnam. Sie kommen aber auch aus anderen Gründen; z.B. mögen viele die vietnamesische Natur, das schöne Wetter, die Strände, die Flüsse, das Essen, aber auch die Geschichte… Möchten Sie in Ihrem nächsten Urlaub nach Vietnam reisen?

Today, during our break, I planned to “shoot” some pictures of my classmates to share them with you. But I got in a discussion with my Indian friend about one of the topics we were working in our lesson today. When we finished our discussion I realized that some of my classmates already left the room for some reasons: maybe a cigarette or so? Maybe you know, he he… Anyhow, I will try to capture my classmates tomorrow and updated the new pictures later.

Since this week, we have a full class, which makes me very happy. Probably some of my friends were busy during the first two days. So let´s count, how many members we have now in my class: 2 Indians, 2 Brazilians, 1 Israel, 1 Spanish, 1 Italian,1 Mexican, 1 Chinese, 1 Vietnamese (me, he he)… So totally we are 10 people now, which mean I have 9 classmates and 1 teacher! … Is it too much mathematic here? He he… Just teasing you little bit!

Most of my friends arrived here in Munich some months ago. Some of them visited already the 1st level of my school., ^^… I don’t know how they heard about DeutschAkademie. Maybe from their families or friends (like me), or they saw the advertising of DeutschAkademie in U-Bahn (subway) or so. Some came here for studying, some for travel or visiting friends and or move to Munich to live here. My Chinese friend Jeny studies Deutsch because it is very useful for his master degree. He told me, his study is mostly in English, but he thinks Deustch helps him to do more research about any topics. My Brazilian friend Nina studies just because she thinks Deutsch is good for her future, she already can speak English and Portuguese and now it would be great if she also can speak Deutsch, so she decided to spend her vacation in Munich for studying; I asked her: “Why don’t you study Spanish?”, and she answered that Spanish is quite similar with her native language (Portuguese). She always can study Spanish by herself, but with “Deutsch” she needs to go to school. My Israelian friend speaks already very well Deutsch, he lives since two years in Germany already, and he needs the training because of the grammar which is quite difficult in German – even some German people don’t know all. The rest of my classmates study “Deutsch” because they moved already to Munich for living. Some have a business here and some plan to live here in the future. For myself, I prepare myself for my next study, which I would like to complete here in Munich. We all have different reasons, but we all have the same goal: Wir möchten alle Deutsch lernen.

Cheers!

Hello, how was your day today? Did you learn something nice at school today? If you ask me the same question, I will answer YES. And I also have to say thanks again to my teacher, as she is always able to teach me interesting things, which I haven’t seen in the book. Normally the day before I go to school, I prepare the next day and read the lessons first at home (if I have time). Sometimes I get almost crazy as I don’t understand the texts; it looks to me like a mistake. But after a short discussion with my teacher during the break, I can understand the text and grammar, which makes me really happy and satisfied. (I am sure you know this feeling when you don’t understand something and then someone can solve the problem and everything becomes clear)!

Let’s talk about how we spend our time during the break: During the 15 minutes we could leave the class room and go out to relax. But normally my friends and I prefer to stay in class room and to review or read more about what we have just studied. Our teacher always sits there and waits for our questions. Sometimes we talk about our life and sometimes she explains more about what we didn’t understand.

Breaktime of our teacher: explain more for my friend

Today, after the class, I had the chance to walk a bit with my teacher as we have the same way to the city. We were talking a little bit more about our private life. Our teacher is very close to us, she is not only our teacher, she is also our friend. I also have good feeling with my classmates; I like to study with them..  And this is one of the reasons why I like to go to my class every day. I like to study with some joy, socialize with friends and learn something new every day. This is also the impression I got from DeutschAkadamie they are all very friendly! From the first moment when I walked into the school I didn’t feel like going to school, it felt more meeting friends, who like to support me in my study.. It is so much easier to make the firsts steps in a new country, when you meet friends, who help you to get along and help you, to understand their language and culture better.. Thank you for all!

Every time I go back from my Deutsch class, I feel happier, more and more excited and like to study even more Deutsch! Today we study about Possessive – Article, Nominative, Accusative, and Dative; maybe they are quite difficult for people who just start to study “Deutsch”. But as I have time at home, I read about it before going to the class. That’s why I can understand the lesson today very well! And “meine“ teacher spent time to explain more for me and my friends during the break (In the pictures you can see that also my friends like to study more during the break). Btw, my teacher looks so nice today with the new ornament – a gift from my Indian friend – unbelievable; it is so good on her!

             My friends enjoy their break time :-)

One more good news: today we have the chance to welcome one new “member“ in our class! I forget to ask him where he comes from, but I wondered why he joined our class, as I would say his “Deustch” is really “gut”! So we are happy to have one more new member, and now, since we are six members in my class, it is easy to divide the class into two or three small groups to “play“. As I mentioned before: “Deutsch is easier to learn with teacher and friends! “, and today, one more time I experienced that it is really true! Especially when we study some difficult parts, or when we have to finish an exercise with a long Text that includes a lot of new words. We share and read together, discuss more to find out the right answer in shorter time! It is also more fun and not stressful at all! We spent some time to share the background of our native languages, how they sound, how we speak, or how many different languages we speak in our countries, hi hi…

There is one more that I like in studying at DeutschAkademie: I can study online! They offer me more than thousands free exercises with explanations from “online“ teachers! It is really helpful for my self-study, especially when I am not here in Germany.

I really love my class and my school! Thanks so much to Thomas, who took me to DeutschAkademie! What I study here at school will help me a lot in my life. Not only for my future study in Germany, it also will help me to feel more confident in any social communication, and therefore also in my future job! – I have one more skill when I can speak one more big language – “Deutsch”!

Oups! … Maybe I wrote too much already, sorry, he he… I have to go back to my home work now, see u tomorrow! Cheers!

Hi again! How are you today?

I mentioned in my last entry that I feel really excited with this course. To be honest, I also felt quite nervous because of my limited Deutsch knowledge, and this course is even a bit higher than my level. But finally my teacher and my classmates broke all my concerns.

I got eight new friends in my class, and today I have had the chance to meet four of them. They come from England, India, Brazil, etc… and all of them are young like me, around 26 or just little bit older. They are so friendly, we help each other to study and all of us tried not to speak English or any other language during this class.

The days before this course started, I worried that I cannot follow all, so I tried to prepare a lot from home. But finally I couldn’t believe what happened. At the very beginning, our teacher helped us to review the last levels. Then, step by step, we went deeper into the new lesson and I can experience that my first course day went so well – and also with so much fun! I really enjoyed it! We also spend the time during the break together and explored a bit of each other – and for sure, we spoke only Deutsch, hi hi… The teacher also gave us some homework to review what we have studied, but also to learn new vocabularies. So I stop writing now to enjoy my homework before preparing a little bit for tomorrow. Big thanks to our teacher and all of my new classmates for the great start! Vielen Dank!

Btw, I forget to say that I have very big window at my classroom with a wonderful view outside, and some nice notes of friends from other classes on the wall. These notes remind us always which points are important and what we have to remember when we study Deutsch. I know one day there will be also a note of mine on this wall, hi hi…

Cheers!