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And there is another interesting function called ‘’teaching and learning’’ and it is also divided into education, which is mostly about how to plan teaching lessons. The next part is called ELS, which prepares for important exams with readings and I guess listenings too. And the last part is called grammar and it explains things like adjectives, nouns, prepositions and you can do some exercises and that’s it. And one thing I don’t like about Your Dictionary is the fact that there are so many ads.  [and you can decide whether you want to use it or not]

 

By and large I am happy with my speaking. I think my pronunciation is okay and so is my speaking fluency.  I couldn’t find any grammar mistakes either.- However I figured out that I tend to overuse the word ‘’and” which can be annoying. Also I tend to speak in a quite low register.

1 month in Vancouver

As some of you know or might guess, this year in August I spent one month in Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada). I had an amazing time there and that is exactly what I want to tell you more about. My friend and I, we both had decided in January that we want to spend one month abroad. First, we did not really agree on this subject. I wanted to spend one month in England, but she did not. However, in the end we decided to spend this month in Canada, which was the best decision I could have possibly made.

It all started on the firth of August, when my mom brought us to the airport. Our first flight to London was horrible; the pilot tried to pass a funder storm, which did not actually work. The airplane was just shaking and I thought I am going to die. Well, after our horrible flight, our twelve hours stop in London and our eight hours flight to Vancouver, we safely arrived there.

The first person we met was our host mother. She is such a nice person but since we did not get enough sleep, we went to bed early. The next day was our first day at school. Nervous and curious at the same time we entered our school, and saw many people. At the beginning of this day we had to pass an exam, so that they could figure out on which level of English we were. After that, our class finally started. School was educational and awesome, we met so many friends and nice people. It was not just for fun, though. We had to write one essay every week and do our homework. Apart from spending five hours at school (Monday to Thursday), we did some other interesting things to – let’s say – explore the city.

My friend and I went to see many breathtaking places, like Stanley Park (biking along the seawall), McMillan Space Centre, Buntzen Lake, Whistler, Play Land, Deep Covem … What I enjoyed the most was Capilano Suspension Bridge.  I had so much fun there but it was the most horrifying place my friend had ever been at, I guess. Additionally we spent lots of time with our host family. Wednesday was our gym day.  On this day we always got up at 0500 and spent one our biking at our host father’s gym. Also we had lunch and dinner with our host family two times every week. We did go out every week either.

Summing up, I can tell you that I had an amazing time in Vancouver. I’d like to tell you more.. but If I had told you everything, I guess my blog entry would be  100001124984 pages long.

About a nice conversation with Salome :-)

 

The girl’s name I could luckily talk to in our morning class is Salome. Salome is an exchange student, coming from Georgia. When I asked her why she chose Austria as her country to spend one semester in, she said ‘’why not?’’.  However, the months she spends here she wants to improve her English, study a lot and travel. Two of the countries she wants to travel to will be France and Italy. Salome wants to visit Italy in January because of the big upcoming Parade. It was a pleasure getting to know her.