I don't normally make resolutions but this coming year does require some goal setting, so why not call them resolutions!
1. Do a formal language course to fill some gaps in grammar application in German (B2-C1 levels). Exciting, I know - I want a high level of functional fluency in German, to support my training in bilingual education.
2. Knock off the last compulsory unit for my Masters in International Education (Uni of Bath, UK). Then hopefully I can attend a summer school for bilingual acquisition next July.
3. Keep up a high standard of documentation at work - both in breadth and depth.
More personal goals
4. My daughter has become a convicted vegetarian - I'd like to expand my range of meals to suit.
5. Do more reading for pleasure - new glasses should help with night reading 8-)
6. Play the occasional game of tennis, I miss bat and ball sports.
Insane goals
7. Plan a trip to Australia (how? when?)
8. Do a stand up comedy routine and live to tell the tale
9. Run the Leipzig Marathon, and get over the line (eventually).
Ich wünsche Euch einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
2 comments:
I'd be interested in how an Australian ended up in Germany (I take it your genealogy is the same as mine--from Scotland). And when did you start to acquire German? (Any other languages besides English and German?) Regards, Christophe Clugston
Hi Christophe,
I am an Australian who moved here 7 years ago now. Before that, I had no prior experience of learning another language. I started to 'acquire' German after arriving here, though I had not really thought about becoming fluent in the language as our posting was to be short term (ha!). I made friends, started working from text books and am now enrolled in an intermediate course to formalise my knowledge. It has been a journey fused with experience, culture, value, engagement, relationship and time. Nothing beats living in the country to learn the language! Thanks for your comment! Rachael
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