Sunday, May 27, 2007

Die letzte Woche (ich schreibe die andere Blogs Heute Abend)

Ich schreibe jetzt die letzte Woche, aber ich werde die andere Blogs Heute Abend machen.
Aber erst, ich habe schwerigkeiten mit der Wikispaces gehabt. Ich habe versuchen um der Verrueckter Verrat wikispace von meiner Gruppe vielmal zu anschliessen aber ich koennte es nie machen. Ich koennte nicht mich selber etwas redigieren, ich muss immer mit der Benutzername von Laura oder ein anderen Mensch benutzen. Ich kann es nicht aendern. Ich weiss nicht wass ich machen soll?
Ich schreibe jetzt auf English,

I really enjoyed the course this year. As you know, I did it in 2005, and I was really nervous about repeating the paper. I wasn't sure, as I had had a year away from my languages, whether I would be able to keep up with the class and I was also concerned that I would be at a disadvantage because I failed the paper the first time I did it. I wasn't sure what you would think of me Antonie, for failing the paper last time. I was wrong, however to think that you would hold it against me, as right from the first lecture you always seemed so pleased to see me and all of us, and I could really tell that you had a passion for the stuff you were teaching us with the creative style you brought to your lectures and to the class.
I enjoyed this version of 331 much more than the 2005 one, because the communication in the classroom was much better and I understood more about the course. It is bittersweet that it is now only a one semester paper, as I know from first and second year that 2 semesters for only 6 points made many people feel like there was a more mundane feeling about the subject, but I have also so thoroughly enjoyed the paper this semester that I wish it would go on for another.
I loved that you had weekly themes that we could research and talk about and that actually were contentious enough for us to be able to learn new vocab as well as learn things we didn't knwo how to discuss, even in english. I enjoyed the interactive grammar exercises that you gave us, and liked that you focussed on a new point of grammar each week. I enjoyed learning the grammar because it gave me feedback on the exercises I did and helped me improve my German as the semester went along.
I think that the idea of having a relatively short time for the soap opera meant that we had no time to muck around and I found that our group worked much better for it. We arranged meetings and achieved a lot in them, so our time was spent very productively.
I liked that we had a student more our age for the oral classes, as I found I related to Mary well, and that I felt less shy about opening up and starting to talk in German classes. I liked that she brought a fresh perspective to the topics and encouraged us all to chat away as we felt comfortable doing.
I liked that you always listened to the class and took our feedback and used it in a productive manner, so that we saw the results in a short time, for example withthe final test, making it an internal one instead of an exam.
With my german itself I feel that I have grown more confident from this paper and that I have more capabilities to express myself to other german speakers. I found some of the paper a bit difficult, mostly the grammar because I thought I knew everything but was proved wrong very early in the game, and it was a little difficult for me to adjust to getting everything wrong, which is how I felt I started off as! I really loved this paper, in the past I would have been tempted to miss the lectures as they are the only ones I have on a tues and thurs, but I enjoyed the atmosphere fo rthe class and the people I was learning with so much that the thought of skipping class never crossed my mine. I loved working in the group for our video assignments as I felt the girls I was with enabled us to all pull our weight and come up with the final product together, rather than one or two gorls wirking very hard and the others slacking off.
I really felt that my german has improved as well as my confidence and ability to get my meaning across, and I am really excited about doing 233 next semester.
Danke sehr fuer deine Hilfe,

Nikki

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ich finde es ganz klasse, wie du dich dieses Semester so engagiert hast. Es freut mich, dass es dir Spaß gemacht hast und dass du dich nun sicherer fühlst. Ich dachte eigentlich, dass du schon immer relativ selbstsicher gesprochen hast, aber nun scheinst du den nächsten Schritt zu gehen und dein deutsch etwas kritischer zu betrachten. Das wird dir helfen, auf ein höheres Niveau zu kommen.