Today is the 3rd day of the course. The day started off with rain, which then turned to sleet, hail, snow and then back to rain again! I was tempted to just stay indoors where it was warm and dry, but I managed to get to class. There seemed to be a lot of complicated grammar today with long names…I wonder if I’ll ever remember it all, but then I seem to manage the exercises. I notice that, after being in Berlin for a while, there are some things that I recognise from hearing people around me speak. I really need to practise speaking myself more.

I came to Berlin because I wanted a change from life in the UK and I wanted to try living in another culture. I’m not sure how long I will stay, but at the moment its indefinite. So I’m expecting that it will be for a few years at least! So learning the language is a necessity really. Already doing basic things like trying to get an internet connection in my apartment, and trying to buy second hand washing machine, and getting the heating in my apartment fixed has been so much  more complicated without speaking German. Its frustrating to struggle so much to get basic things done. So this is my motivation for learning German :)

I chose Deutsch Akademie initially as it offered good value for money. After I had taken my first two classes, I was also impressed with the quality of the teaching. It helps a lot that the classes are small, it makes learning a lot easier and the teacher has plenty of time to explain things to you, over and over if necerssary! In larger classes I can imagine that its easy to get lost if you dont understand something, and harder to get help when you need it.

I wish it wasnt so far away from where I lived, but as yet that is the only down side!

Here is a picture of my dog studying his German grammar ;)