A chapter of my life has now ended – in 6 short years I have gone from knowing absolutely no German to university ďegree level! But my love for German and language in general actually started way before I learned my first German word (which happened to be a swear word!) in early 2020, andContinue reading “23 years of loving language”
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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”
The Non Verbal Linguist 