German

Dieses Jahr lerne ich Deutsch. Deutsch ist sehr schwierig, aber ich kann besser als August sprechen und verstehen. Für mich, lesen und schreiben in Deutsch ist schwierigen. Ich habe zwei "Regenbogen Feen" Bücher gelesen. Jetzt lese ich "Harry Potter und di Kramer des Schreckens". Die Bücher helfen mich mit lesen. Mein Grammatik ist auch sehr schleckt, ich weiss der, die, und das nicht. Ich habe ein mehr Deutschkurs für helfen mit alle meine Deutschproblem. Und Jetzt in English.

It is always good for me to practice my German, I am sure I had a thousand mistakes but that was an paraphrase of this post. Learning German has been very hard for me, yet now I am able to understand what people are saying most, well some, of the time. I have not yet conquered Swiss German, but plan to by the end of the year. In school I can follow along in most of my classes, it requires a lot of concentration and coffee, but I am definitely learning (at least a quarter of) the material. I had to drop out of philosophy this week because I have never had any introduction to the topic, and it is very hard to understand even in English. Physics is also a very difficult subject for me. To improve my German I have started reading books in German. So far I have read two "Rainbow Fairy" books and just started the second "Harry Potter". Grammar is my weak link in German, I tend to not know when to use what, and why. In my defense sometimes German doesn't have a why and just decides to make things more difficult and confusing for no apparent reason. To help me out more with my German I am taking another German course, this time I will receive an international diploma to prove that I can speak, red, and write at level B1 profficancy german. Thanks to everyone who has helped me with my german: my host family, classmates, parents, Janet Gesme, teachers, and everyone else ( I feel like that was an Oscar speech). If you ever meet an exchange student please speak slowly and have patience with them because learning a new language in a matter of months is one of the hardest things to do.