Warning! The following post is in German. I will, however, have a copy of it in English for everyone. I just want to prove I can facilitate some use of the language before I depart in 64 days, 23 hours, and 8 minutes.
Heute abend habe ich ein paar Blogs von anderen Leuten gelesen, die ein Jahr oder Semester in Freiburg studiert haben. Das war ein Fehler. Es gab mir nur mehr Angst. Und machte ich aufgeregter als gestern und vorgestern. Ich kann nicht glauben, dass ich fast ein ganzes Jahr in Deutschland wohnen werde. Ich habe mich errinnert, dass ich ein Placement-Test machen muss. Ich bin nicht bereit. Mein Deutsch ist nicht gut genug und ich denke ich werde in einer schlechten Gruppe sein. Diese Woche habe ich viel gemacht um mein Deutsch zu verbessern. Ich hörte deutsche Musik. Ich schaute Videos auf Deutsch. Hoffentlich werde ich okay sein. Okay, das Ende. Tchüss!
Tonight I read a few blogs from other people who studied in Freiburg for a semester or a year. That was a mistake. It only gave me more fear. And made me more excited than yesterday or the day before. I can't beleive, that I will be living in Germany for an entire year. I remembered, that I have to take a placement exam. I'm not ready. My german is not good enough and I think I'll be placed in a "bad" group. I did a lot this week to improve my German. I listened to German music. I watched videos in German. Hopefully I will be okay. Okay, the end! Bye!
Also, a friend of mine, Valerie Gregorash, is studying this year in Nagoya, Japan. Please check out her blog! It's going to be exciting! valinnagoya.blogspot.com
Taylor,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to study, and I'm doing the same thing for Japanese so that I can place into the 500 level and take classes with other Japanese students.
Don't sweat it too much, though. When I went to France with the IU Honors Program, I tested into the lowest group. However, because I worked hard, I was one of the top 2 students in the group by the end of the summer. You will place where you place and you will grow exponentially from there. Whatever group you land in, it won't be a "bad" group! :)
Good luck! You're going to be awesome.