Eilidh Elizabeth Molly Mcgrath

Happy Accidents

The journey that I am on is one big happy accident filled with lots of little happy accidents. This is my 22nd article, so I thought it would be fun to write about the absurdity that my life has turned into! Firstly, in high school, I wanted to be a theoretical neuroscientist so that IContinue reading “Happy Accidents”

English vs German

One of the most confusing things about me is that I suck at English (writing this article with Grammarly), but I am excellent at German. People say it is because English is taught differently than modern foreign languages in schools. Still, I have noticed a few other discrepancies between the two languages that may explainContinue reading “English vs German”

Day School

Have you ever felt like people know you better than you know yourself? I was talked into one of the best experiences of my life recently! My uni does something called cross-level day schools. Students and staff from all levels of a particular subject (in this case, German) gather to discuss the subject for aContinue reading “Day School”

SZENE 2WEI

At the start of the year, I was explaining to my agent that I had finished one of my uni modules and therefore had more time to do dance work when as if our conversation had been overheard, she got a notification from Creative Scotland that the German inclusive dance group Szene 2wei were holdingContinue reading “SZENE 2WEI”

Award Ceremony 2

In December, I got a rather unexpected response to the Christmas card I had sent Isobel. As well as commenting on how well I had drawn the cat, she also informed me that a man had contacted her about me, she didn’t know very much about them, but she said that he was from somethingContinue reading “Award Ceremony 2”

My 2023 In Language

The year 2023 has been eventful in terms of my language adventures. I started the year studying French and German at Edinburgh College with no particular plan for my future, and I have ended it as an award-winning German speaker who is studying language at university! So, let’s see what my year has been like!Continue reading “My 2023 In Language”

UNI

This year, I hit quite a milestone. I became a university student in October when I started my degree in Language Studies with German and French at the Open University. This week is the last week of the first semester, so I decided to write an article about my uni experience so far. This year,Continue reading “UNI”

Which App?

Now that the schools are starting back, you might be wondering how to support your child with their modern language studies or maybe you have always wanted to learn another language yourself for fun, travel or social reasons? Whatever your motivation is for language learning, one very useful resource is language learning apps. I haveContinue reading “Which App?”

Talk Sheet

My first language is English and so I mostly use it to communicate with people. However, being a non verbal communicator means that you have to actually learn how to communicate with me. I’m starting to see a few parallels between this learning process and the process of learning a foreign language. Therefore in this articleContinue reading “Talk Sheet”

Award Ceremony

I have been dying to write this article for weeks now but I have had to keep quiet about this very exciting news until now! I had thought that my magical college journey had ended on May 5th when I finished my Advanced Higher German exam…but about 10 days after the exam I got aContinue reading “Award Ceremony”