My Linguistic 2024

It’s Hogmanay, and as it has become a tradition, I’m recapping the linguistic adventures I have been on this year! It has been a pretty big year for me, and truth be told, I feel like I started uni in March rather than last October because my uni life only genuinely started after I attendedContinue reading “My Linguistic 2024”

Why We Shouldn’t Say “Auf Wiedersehen” To German Class

Today,  I learned that my old high school is discontinuing higher German from its curriculum. This is precisely the opposite direction from where educational institutions should be going because German courses are already hard to find. I was 18 when I decided to study Higher German, which meant that even though my school did offerContinue reading “Why We Shouldn’t Say “Auf Wiedersehen” To German Class”

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”

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”