Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Deutsch Zertifikat
Der Mike can now officially claim to be able to speak some deutsch after being awarded with his Mittelstufe (Intermediate) Certificate in German from the Goethe Institute at a little ceremony this evening.
This is the level which most employers will ask for in order for you to work in Germany so it is a nice thing to have in case I ever come back.
I didn't really need a certificate at the moment but I used it as a goal to aim for to motivate me to go to my nightschool lessons. And it paid off - I got 283 out of 300 which is not too shabby and in fact classes me as 'sehr gut' (very good).
Apologies if I sound smug -that would be because I am! I could barely understand a word in the first of our departmental monday meetings back in July and now I can give an account of my tasks without notes and answer any question which is thrown at me.
I don't know how useful German will be for me in the future but the little knowledge I had previously enabled me to have this experience so I guess learning the language has been worth it already.
This is the level which most employers will ask for in order for you to work in Germany so it is a nice thing to have in case I ever come back.
I didn't really need a certificate at the moment but I used it as a goal to aim for to motivate me to go to my nightschool lessons. And it paid off - I got 283 out of 300 which is not too shabby and in fact classes me as 'sehr gut' (very good).
Apologies if I sound smug -that would be because I am! I could barely understand a word in the first of our departmental monday meetings back in July and now I can give an account of my tasks without notes and answer any question which is thrown at me.
I don't know how useful German will be for me in the future but the little knowledge I had previously enabled me to have this experience so I guess learning the language has been worth it already.
