Exam Script and Holiday Revision Plans

After going through everything it occurred to me that I didn’t post my exam piece for my Dutch course. So in this post I’m going to do just that. I’m not going to share all of the photos I used become some of them are quite personal but the majority are just scenic and I can’t not show you.

I wanted to mention as well at just how useful my studying was before i started the course. Yes I moaned when I first started it and it was slow and a bit rubbish (I read through some of my earlier posts whilst recapping all of the course material) but without doing all the work before hand this course would have been too much. There is a guy on my course who said as much. We are moving through the language so quickly there isn’t much time to dwell on some points. I’ve always been a bit of a geek and been, arguable, over prepared for EVERYTHING but I’m not ashamed of that. I’ve worked bloody hard and I don’t intend to give that up any time soon!

Lesson 9! Dutch Entry Step Level One

If you’ve not seen already or you haven’t heard the news via some other social media page I have become addicted to Wednesday night I passed my Dutch Entry Step Level One course.

I had my presentation exam, 5 minutes talking about a Dutch subject and questions all in Dutch.  Voor mijn presentatie ik sprak over mijn verbinding met Nederland en over mijn twee favoriete plaatsen: De Efteling en Apenheul.

I was so nervous, being in Munich these last few days limited my revision to what I could fit in on the plane. In hind sight though it was great fun and hearing everyone else’s presentations was great too. Some classmates where better than others and more easy to understand but everyone worked well and I do believe that the majority of the class are signing up for the next level which starts in January! I can’t wait. I’m going to try and work hard on my Dutch over the Christmas break and keep it up as much as I can.

So yes I’m still a beginner but not a super fresh beginner like I was 10 weeks ago haha! Oh and there’s a certificate too to prove it (because who doesn’t like a certificate?!) I’m going to blog in the run up to my next semester obviously with Christmas coming and also my preparation for next term. I’m really looking forward to the next term.