A Thunderstorm
rolled in and so the temperature has not moved above 14 C (57 F), the normal morning temperature during the summer. I managed to dodge the rain both to and from class, yeah, since I forgot my rain jacket. I shouldn’t have left my nifty WWF umbrella in Florida.
Today, we had to switch classrooms and merge with another class because the class became too small for inlingua to make any money off us poor speakers of German. Problem is I had 5 more lessons left in Buch 2 and the other class is already on Lesson 8 of Buch 3. My class hasn’t practice alot of grammar that is presented in Lesson 8, Buch 3. Yikees! Luckily, my teacher sympathizes to those shafted by the quantum leap and will make the smarter ‘kids’ suffer with stuff “they have already learned, but obviously have not mastered.”
Also… Endlich, treffe mich ich mit einem anderen Auslander aus den U.S.A.! Er heisst Tim und er kommt aus Kalifornia. Naturlich, er ist verheiratet mit einer deutschen Frau, die besser deutsche und englisch als ihn spricht 
Leider. Nachtdem er komme ich aus den U.S.A. gelernt hatte, sprach er sogleich mit mir auf englisch. Er wohnt in München seit 5 Monate und ich spreche besser deutsch als ihn mit nur 2 Monate. Wie schade!
Not sure if that was right up there but, I’ve gotta practice. I am coming to the stark realization that I will not pass this up-coming language examination. Here’s why:
According to German.About.com:
With two months of intense learning, I can reasonably estimate that I have a vocabulary of about 500 words and understand about 2,000. I have looked at the practice tests for the Deutschen Sprachprüfung (german language test) and it compares to the reading comprehension sections within the SATs. Even my language teacher told me I am not ready to pass the exam. I am feeling a bit discouraged. But…this exam is good practice for when I am ready and Alex has given me pointers to calm my spirits and help me convince the Universities that I serious about the language.
But my slowness puts things in perspective. I have to continue the intensive language classes for another 3 months after my tourist visa expires. My visa automatically? transfers to a language student visa. From there, once I pass the language exam I can take the final exams for my major.
Keine Panne! Just a lot of red tape and hoops to jump. B)
OLD COMMENT:
how stressful! you’re right, this will be good practice. next time you take it, you’ll be a lot more relaxed and prepared. good luck today. you go girl!
Posted 9/12/2005 at 7:05 PM by pingtogo