tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90318329190219989782024-02-08T03:03:48.856-08:00Study Abroad in Berlin, GermanyCrystear Liuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337180085050068135noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031832919021998978.post-80235796987304363962015-07-13T06:19:00.002-07:002015-07-13T06:19:46.605-07:00Blog 10/7<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US">Today we learned
simple conversation in stores and restaurant, vocabulary of the different furniture.
Interesant (interesting) thing is that, in German each piece of furniture has
its own sexuality. For example, Teppich (carpet) is male and Couch is female.
According to our teacher, it’s just a convention and we just need to memorize
everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Oh
my, I just realized that I haven’t introduced my classmates and my housemate
yet… Doing it now. There are zwolf (twelve) students in my class. Most of them
kommt us den (come from) USA. Two from France, one from Britain and one from
Japan. More than half of them are students and the other half are
ingeneur(engineer), tanzerin(dancer), professor and entrepreneur. They are all sehr
(very) nice—we struggle together afterall : )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> And
my housemate is from Madawaska. She speaks really good German and has been a
German teacher for fungf (five) years. Her English is not as good as her German
but enough for us to communicate. She is really open-minded and funny. We
cooked together and plan to go shopping together on Saturday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Crystear Liuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337180085050068135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031832919021998978.post-39363215113978435322015-07-13T06:18:00.002-07:002015-07-13T06:18:40.627-07:00Blog 9/7<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Today we learned about how to describe our
family members to other people and ask others if they are married (It’s gonna
important if you want to find a boyfriend/girlfriend here :P). It is a lot in
one day for us beginners, but I’m surprised by how much I remembered when I was
doing my homework. I think it has to do with the flexible teaching style of our
teacher. His English is great but he only speaks German in class along with his
gestures. He also encourages student-to-student interaction—we often have to
get up and hold a conversation with my peers in German using what we learned.
He also trained us to get useful information out of a trunk of hard text and an
authentic German audio. I wirklish (really) feel like I’m learning a lot and
also finde (find) myself enjoying the classes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> I
went to buy some German sausage in the supermarket close to my host family and
cooked it for dinner. It is really tasty and there were so many different kinds
of sausage, too—there was a whole section for sausage in the market. I probably
won’t be able to try every one of them in the month I’m here as much as I’d
love to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> So,
Gute Nacht (Good night) ~~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Crystear Liuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337180085050068135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031832919021998978.post-49030526418605739392015-07-13T06:17:00.001-07:002015-07-13T06:17:12.203-07:00Blog 8/7<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 21.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US">Today we got our
textbook (Coursebouch in German). We learned about more different careers,
including how to hold a short conversation about career. We also learned how to
ask and answer simple question about where people live. And as English, German
also has conjugates. We studied conjugates of simple verbs like kommen(come),
haben(have) and arberten(work).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I found a really
nice bakery on my way to Goethe Institut and had my breakfast there. It’s
sooooo good!! I also got my monthly train ticket. You could take any train,
metro and bus with it within July. It’s very convenient. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> For
dinner, I had two buns with chocolate stuffing at the same bakery. It’s
amazing!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Now
I’m doing my homework in a café near Goethe Institute. After I’m done, I’ll go
back home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Crystear Liuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337180085050068135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031832919021998978.post-55567944347272719792015-07-07T09:52:00.002-07:002015-07-07T09:52:57.640-07:00Blog 7/7I arrived Germanmy last night and stayed at my host Babara's house. I have a furnished room all to myself and Babara also has a small garden next to the house. There are plenty of fruits and vegetables she planted.<br />
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The course started today. It's from 1:15pm to 5:45pm. We learned a lot more than I would expected as a beginner class. We finished greetings, alphabet, counting from 0 to 20, words for different countries and different jobs--our teacher call them "profession". I could tell from now that these four weeks would not be easy, but I am excited to learn more!<br />
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Goethe Institut also provide a culture program to help students learn more about German culture including fashion tour, museum tour, trip to concentration camp, Shakespeare's play and so on. Most activities and tours are free but some you do have to pay. I'm really interested in the trip to concentration camp. I'll probably sign up for that tomorrow.<br />
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And now I should go do my homework, it's due tomorrow after all~<br />
<br />Crystear Liuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337180085050068135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031832919021998978.post-81473812601897280702015-05-28T19:49:00.002-07:002015-05-28T19:52:32.505-07:00Departure DateI will leave for Berlin on July 5th from Pittsburgh after finishing Summer Session 1.Crystear Liuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337180085050068135noreply@blogger.com0