My personal experiences in learning German (personal sharing and stories)
I know that usually some success stories will encourage us; when we hear that others have learnt a language successfully, it will usually inspire us to try to learn that language successfully as well. "If he/she can do it, so can I".
My personal story: I learnt German when I was in Secondary School, that is, from 12- 16 years old. My mother picked the subject for me and I had little choice. She chose it for me, and that was that - not Japanese, not French, but German. I did the "O" level German examination and got A1 for it, that is the top score. I had to study pretty hard for it and that was over 4 years. It was quite fun and interesting, I have to admit.
Then after that major examination, I didn't study German for the next 2 years when I went to Junior College.
I didn't study German after leaving Junior College either, when I went to the Army to serve my country for 2.5 years. Without studying German for almost 5 years, one would probably forget everything right? Not really. That's because I made sure to keep up with my German and practise at every chance I could get. I got my hands on books and CDs, and learnt German once again.
I went on to do a one year course in German at university and passed my Testdaf on the first try.
I'll try to post my credentials up on this blog one day, but since I am unable to do so at the moment, here's my examination results email.
Lieber *****,
wir können Ihnen jetzt die Resultate der TestDaF-Prüfung mitteilen:
Leseverstehen: 5
Hörverstehen: 4
schriftlicher Ausdruck: 4
mündlicher Ausdruck: 5
Die Zeugnisse werden am 29.5. verschickt, d.h. dass Sie Ihr Zeugnis ab Mitte Juni bei uns abholen können. Bitte kontaktieren Sie vorher Jelene Wong: 6735 4555.
Mit besten Grüßen
Andrea Schäfer
Goethe-Institut Singapore
Leiterin der Sprachabteilung /Head of Language Department
163 Penang Road #05-01
Winsland House II
Singapore 238463
Tel. 6735 4555
Fax. 6735 4666
It was a very happy, nice, and pleasant surprise! I was one of the top students in the university for this and it was a really great feeling. :) :)
I will tell you all the tips and tricks to making your German learning fast, efficient and enjoyable. Stick with me here on my blog :)
Thanks for reading and cheers! Danke schoen.
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