My 30th week in England was full of lovely weather (up to 20°!) and a certain feeling that my time at Derby High was slowly coming to an end. More on that later. Monday was – surprisingly – a day off for me as all my lessons on that day had been cancelled in advance. So I met up with Ada, another volunteer for FORMAT13, drinking Costa-coffee, having a nice dinner and enjoying Derby in bloom (loved the flowers!). We also went to a lovely spot next to the river, one that hadn’t seen before so I was super excited.^^...
29 weeks in England, oh dear, time flies. Monday started as usual: another German club session with L4. This time we listened to “Perfekte Welle” by Juli, a song that was very popular when it was released in 2004. But a massive tsunami hit Southern Asia later that year, so, obviously, loads of radio stations stopped playing the song. I think my students liked the song, not as much as they liked “Haus am See”, though. đ I also gave them a riddle with questions about Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Here it is … can you solve it? My students...
Nach sehr reiseintensiven Osterferien und dem Besuch meiner Eltern beginnt in der 28. Woche der Sprachassistenz wieder der schulische Ernst des Lebens fĂŒr mich. Im montĂ€glichen German Club bekommen meine SchĂŒlerinnen zum ersten Mal deutschsprachige Musik zu hören: “Haus am See” sollte es sein, da nicht schwer verstĂ€ndlich und sowieso sehr cool. Eine der SchĂŒlerinnen hat mir spĂ€ter erzĂ€hlt, dass sie das Lied sogar noch einmal zu Hause angehört hat, weil es ihr so gut gefallen hat – mission accomplished I’d say! đ Bei den U6-MĂ€dchen dreht sich in dieser Woche alles um “language of discussion”, wofĂŒr ich eine eigene...
