Back to School

Posted on August 4, 2008
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I am now a full time student.

Yep, I enrolled in a German language course a few weeks ago I already attended a full week of classes. So far, I am enjoying it. My instructors are not native German speakers but that does not bother me because they are good enough to teach German. Once, I brought my recorder to class and recorded a few minutes of our class discussion. I let my husband, who is a native German speaker, listen to it and he said that the teacher seems pretty good. She (the teacher) has her Chinese accent when speaking German but she is 100% understandable. Other than that, she can also explain grammar well.

I am the only non-Chinese in class. Normally, after explaining the grammar points in Chinese, my teachers explain it to me in English. This makes me feel a little bit special. Classes are 4 to 5 hours daily from Monday to Friday and it should last for 10 weeks or so.

I hope that after this course, I can carry on day to day conversations in German with ease.

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21 Responses to “Back to School”

  1. Short Update on August 4th, 2008 10:10 pm

    [...] in to a few flat just recently. I got busy with unpacking our things, finding a school for me to continue my German course, and other stuff. I am actually STILL busy and I don’t think there is going to be a slow down [...]

  2. Making Friends « My Take on Things on August 15th, 2008 10:18 pm

    [...] husband thinks it’s a good idea to make friends in my German class. He said that since I refuse to speak in German with him, it would be good for me to have some [...]

  3. Happy! on August 19th, 2008 8:18 pm

    [...] carry my digital camera with me to my German class hoping that I can take photos on the way but most often than not, I’ll go home without getting a [...]

  4.   Enjoying Knowledge by The Two Geeks on August 21st, 2008 10:48 am

    [...] been a month since I have started attending my German language course and I think that those four straight weeks of going to school for 5 hours each day has paid off. I [...]

  5.   Just When You Think They Have It All by The Two Geeks on August 21st, 2008 10:48 am

    [...] for 150EU. Nevertheless, I am still glad I bought it because I can’t imagine going through one German class without [...]

  6. Lazy Friday Afternoon « My Take on Things on September 12th, 2008 1:55 am

    [...] 12, 2008 by Vienna It’s Friday afternoon and it’s the second day that I didn’t attend my class. Yesterday, I didn’t notice the time. Seriously. I was so busy with something and when I realized [...]

  7. Busy Bee |My Pink Notes on September 14th, 2008 12:08 am

    [...] to fly to Hong Kong this weekend but we decided not to because we have a lot of things to do. My German course is almost done and we’ll be having out final exam next week and after that I’ll take another [...]

  8.   Short Update by The Two Geeks on October 20th, 2008 9:41 pm

    [...] some of my blogs and enrolling for the next German course and attending it. Yep, I am done with my first intensive German course so I am on to the next level and because I am amazed by my German’s progress, I am starting a [...]

  9. My Foreign Language Blog |My Pink Notes on October 23rd, 2008 4:12 am

    [...] and paper works in class) in German. My articles are of course nothing close to fascinating because I just started to learn German 2 months ago. My husband told me that my writings are still rough and jumpy but good enough for my [...]

  10. I Am that Kind of Shopper. |My Pink Notes on October 27th, 2008 11:33 pm

    [...] didn’t attend my German class yesterday. The reason to this is because I needed to shop for a dress for the Austrian National Day [...]

  11. My Perfect Size « My Take on Things on October 29th, 2008 8:04 pm

    [...] I still sit in front of my computer most of the time when I am at home. I do go out every day for my class so there’s a little bit movement activity there but I don’t think that that did [...]

  12. Why I Called Him an Asshole « MindKit on November 2nd, 2008 10:16 pm

    [...] were in the class that day and we were talking about fast food. What a topic! So anyway, my German teacher (who is [...]

  13. Another Day in our German Class « MindKit on November 3rd, 2008 9:59 pm

    [...] learning german, people, strangers You might have already heard about the discussion in our German class last Friday. When my German teacher talk to me and apologized, I thought it’s over. Of course, I [...]

  14. Growing Friendship |My Pink Notes on November 13th, 2008 8:35 am

    [...] am please that not only my German is improving; my social life seems to be getting better as well. Earlier in my study of German, I was somewhat distant to my classmates because they are all Chinese and they just speak in [...]

  15. There is One Thing « MindKit on November 16th, 2008 9:23 pm

    [...] two sets of meals (Asian and Western) but most of the time, I can’t. Now that I am attending a German class that runs every day from 1:00-5:30 pm, I don’t have the luxury of time to prepare two sets of [...]

  16. My Take on Things on November 21st, 2008 11:53 pm

    [...] My German lessons will end in three weeks time. How I wish it would end sooner because I have to do a lot of things [...]

  17. Experiencing a Painful Jaw « My Take on Things on November 22nd, 2008 5:18 am

    [...] My German lessons will end in three weeks time. How I wish it would end sooner because I have to do a lot of things [...]

  18. bernard course on January 28th, 2009 8:25 am

    oh, i am looking forward to my german language course in april. reading your comments makes me very excited ;-)

  19. Vienna Lopez » Blog Archive » Short Update on April 28th, 2009 10:03 am

    [...] in to a few flat just recently. I got busy with unpacking our things, finding a school for me to continue my German course, and other stuff. I am actually STILL busy and I don’t think there is going to be a slow down [...]

  20. There is One Thing- Vienna Lopez on August 15th, 2009 5:37 pm

    [...] two sets of meals (Asian and Western) but most of the time, I can’t. Now that I am attending a German class that runs every day from 1:00-5:30 pm, I don’t have the luxury of time to prepare two sets of [...]

  21. Happy!- Vienna Lopez on August 15th, 2009 5:43 pm

    [...] carry my digital camera with me to my German class hoping that I can take photos on the way there but most often than not, I’ll go home without [...]

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