One of my favorite plans is to visit museums. If you are passionate about art or science, in Munich you will find a lot of fun in each of the museums that this city has to discover. Some of the museums are unique in the world and here are some of the ones you can visit in this city:

• Deutsches Museum has one of the largest science and technology collections in the world, more than 100,000 objects. The exhibitions are varied and include topics such as mining, atomic physics, the environment, biotechnology, aviation, etc

• Museum of the City of Munich (Münchner Stadtmuseum) presents exhibitions dedicated to the city’s past and the history of civilization from the Middle Ages to the present.
• Egyptian Museum, presents one of the most interesting collections of Egyptian art in Germany.
• The three art galleries in Munich (Alte Pinakothek, Neue Pinakothekk, Pinakothek der Moderne) are home to works that date from ancient times, contemporary works, and exhibitions of paintings by renowned artists, which make them very interesting attractions of the city.

Lina

One of the most popular festivals in Germany, held in Theresienwiese, born in the year 1810 with the wedding of Prince Louis I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

During my first Wiesn, I had several surprises: I always thought that the Oktoberfest was a party exclusively for drinking beer; This is not 100% true, you can enjoy typical Bavarian food while listening to typical German music. There are also mechanical attractions that you can enjoy on a sunny day, in the company of your friends. But the biggest surprise was seeing families with their young children enjoying this party, with sweets and souvenirs. Also, months before the German people look for the perfect Dirndl or Lederhosen for this party, is an exhausting plan, trust me, I did.

If one day you decide to live this wonderful bavarian tradition, one of the most important phrases you must learn is “Eine Maß Bier bitte”. If you don’t know the meaning the waiter surely does. Hehehe

Lina :)

Hey!

So, what am I learning in the DeutschAkademie?

Currently I am doing the B1.1 leven in german.  Although there is a lot to do, my teacher is the best I ever had and she deals with the chapters very well. 

About vocabulary, we have extended the words in fields such as the family, animals, the apartment, the adjectives…

In grammar we went through topics like präteritum, conjugations (obwohl, troztdem, falls, wenn…), passive, future, adjective declination…

Paying attention in class and understand what the teacher explains (obviously making how many questions you need) os as important as study at home: making the homework and writing some essays from time to time is the key.  

See you in the next post,

Chiara :) 

The beginnings are always very difficult, but the adventure of learning a new language that you have never thought of learning in your life is even more complicated.

I always heard that German is a very difficult language, and I think that the people who say these words are not 100% wrong, I don’t think it is very difficult or impossible, but if it has certain peculiarities that can turn it into a language nothing Easy for a person who has Spanish as a native language. Some of the peculiarities of which I speak are:

• The articles der, die, das, these do not always coincide with the articles of the nouns in Spanish. You have to memorize each noun with the article.
• Just as you have memorized the articles of nouns, it is also better to learn their plurals.
• In the Spanish language there are no famous declines in the German language, you have to learn concepts such as Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and learn by heart the rule of each one of them.
• German has bigger vocabulary and longer words than Spanish.
• The position of the verbs in some sentence’s changes, from the second to the end, that usually creates some confusion sometimes.
• But despite all these difficulties I think it is not impossible to learn, you just have to try so hard and one day your head clicks and you can understand your teacher in class.

Lina

Hey again!

Did you know that die Deutschakademie has a free online course?

With it, you can go through all the topics, according to you level and test yourself.

You can practice vocabulary, grammar and listening.

First, you can choose your level. Then, select how many questions you want about the topic you decide to practice. It is great!

You will see your progress and which was the correct answer after every question.

From my point of view, it is really useful and it is for free!

I like to use it from time to time so I can practice german with new activities and it is also an easy and practical way to do it.

See you in the next post,

Chiara 😊

I hope you are all doing great.

Today I am going to talk about the academy. I would like to point some advantages from the DeutschAkademie, some of them may have already appeared in my earlier posts.

For me the most important thing about an academy is how competitive they are. With other words, what they offer. This academy offers, in such a good price, all the levels, all the times you can imagine. I already talked about the timetable they have for the intensive courses but what you might do not know if how the intensive courses work. They consist in 3 hours per day (with a pause) 4 days a week during 4 weeks. So, every month is a level. But the levels are half levels. Let’s clear that. You can start in September with the A1.1 and then in October you will do the A1.2, so in 2 months you have the whole level. I also like the method, since 3 hours a day is not that much to get tired of but also enough to get the level in the desired time.

And sure, they also have semi – intensive courses, which consist in 2 days per week, 3 hours a day.

Another point is the location. I study in Munich and they are just in the center of the city. And it may not look important if you study in the center or not but in fact it is. First, because you can reach the academy buy public transportation from whenever you live. And secondly, because before or after the class you can go shopping, go to have a coffee or just walk around.

I would like to share the breakfast I had with a classmate in the city center last month before our class, when I attended the 11:45h class.

See you in the next post,

Chiara 😊

Today I would like to talk about the city I currently live in: Munich.

I knew Munich before arriving since I visited it 3 years ago with a friend. It is amazing than now I am living here. What I like the most about this city is how cosmopolitan is, you can find people from all over the world living peacefully.

Munich has a nice and not so big city center, which I think is a positive point. Vienna, for example, is too big from me. But Munich is a big city with everything closed by each other. Also, the public transportation is amazing. Here we have U-bahn, S-bahn, bus and tram and they all work really good. You can reach every place with them since they have perfect combinations.

My favourite place in Munich is obviously the Rathaus (city hall), that is located in Marienplatz, a beautiful square surrounded by pedestrian streets. Really, it is so nice to walk around there. I can not wait to see this place in Christmas, where the Christmas market is.

I attached a picture of the Rathaus and also of the old city hall.

See you in the next post,

Chiara 😊

Today I am here to talk about a daily class but most important: the first day.

If you are thinking about intensive courses, like me, you will have a first day every month. New teacher, new classroom and new classmates. The first day is always an adventure.

So, first, the teacher would present him/herself and may ask you some questions to each of the students. That is nice because you get the opportunity to talk about yourself to everyone but also to hear their stories like how long have been they living in Germany, where are they from, why are they living abroad…

Then, it is likely that you will play a game with you classmates, also to get to know each other. This is fun because you practice the language but also meet new people.

For me the best thing is the diversity of nationalities. When you study a language in you own country, everyone is from the same country as you and obviously you all speak the same language. But when you learn a language abroad, everyone is from different countries. So far, I had classmates from: India, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, Thailand, Italy, Namibia, France, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and some others.

Also, that forces you to speak with them in german, because they do not speak your own language.

Here you can see me in my current classroom this morning at 8:30.

See you in the next post 😊

Chiara

Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass die Leute aus verschiedenen Ländern unterschiedliche Essgewohnheiten haben. Als ich in China den grundlegenden Wortschatz lernte, fand ich ein Wort über das Essen sehr interessant. Das Wort ist „Abendbrot“. Laut meinem Wörterbuch bedeutet dieses Wort ein bescheidenes Essen. In China legt man viel Wert auf das Abendessen. Deshalb könnte ich mir nicht vorstellen, was für ein bescheidenes Abendessen in Deutschland ist. Jetzt ist die Antwort für mich ganz klar. Brot! Meine Gastfamilie zum Beispiel isst innerhalb Werktage am Abend Brötchen, Salami und Käse. Im Vergleich zu anderen Mahlzeiten braucht man am Abend weniger Zeit, sich das Essen zu bereiten. Jetzt habe ich die gleiche Essgewohnheit wie meine Gastfamilie. Zum Abend esse ich normalerweise Vollkornbrot, Leberwurst und Gemüse. Wenn ich zurück nach China fliege, werde ich bestimmt diese Brote und Würste vermissen.

Yiwei

Heute machte meine Mitschülerin im Sprachkurs eine Präsentation über das Thema „Oktoberfest“. Darüber hinaus hat sie Brezeln für uns mitgebracht. Brezel, Schnitzel, das Bier im Oktoberfest…Alle sind weltbekannte Symbole von München und Bayern. Für mich ist die Brezel das leckerste Brot in Deutschland. Auch die Form der Brezel finde ich selbst sehr besondere. Eine Mitschülerin aus Palästina stimmt mir zu und wir kaufen Brezeln zumindest dreimal pro Woche bei einer Bäckerei in der U-Bahn-Station „Karlsplatz“. Manche meine Freunde in China haben beim Reisen auch Brezeln probiert. Leider gefällt ihnen die Brezel manchmal nicht, weil die Brote in China immer süß schmecken und die Härte der Brezel für sie auch ungewohnt ist. Auf diesem Punkt neige ich mehr zu Deutschland, weil die Brote hier verhältnismäßig gesunder sind.

Yiwei