Eh, like Epple.
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mothwingI love Scots. Especially Scots NOT talking as fast as I do.
This one, a landlord from Glasgow, did not. He was generally charming and helpful and I feet that my English can be sooo inadequate. Yes, of course, I can communicate, and I can also express complex ideas and whatnot, but for some subtleties it is just not subtle and quick enough. But all the same, I was able to express what I wanted and he described me the flats, sounds good so far, only that I am 'a bet errly to luik fa' a flat if ye want tae meeve in in September.'
Strangely, he apparently felt compelled to remark on how well he does get along with German students and that the last German tenant he had was a charming, nice and wonderful person he never had any troubles with and how he prefers students from abroad to English students and that if we are as nice as his tenant used to be he would be pleased to have us.
He was being kind, but it once more reminded me of the fact that I am going to be a foreigner from September on. Is it easy to be German abroad? I somehow do not think so, but then, the Scots are so charming that maybe it won't be bad at all.
Especially Scots spelling things out are cute.
"And the last part of the E-mail address is "prudential", that's p-r-u, d like dentist, e like... elephant, n like... nine, t like teeth, i like... icon, eh like eepple, l like... like."
I hope I have been polite enough - it is easy to make typically German mistakes even as an advanced learner which make the speaker sound totally impolite and even rude. And I am not sure I am trained enough to think of these little polite phrases quick enough when I speak, German and English structures battling in my head - I am never sure what I'll say until I've said it, and then, it is too late. Ah, well. All a matter of training.
Will stop now, I have to read 30 papers my Psychology class has written. The teacher has offered me to have a look at them because I have taught that class the two week before the test. I am curious what they have got to say on the topic, a few of them have been really good... and some more than only mildly disorganised.
Some of them wrote me letters to give me some feedback! They are so adorable. All in all they liked my classes and thought I am a good teacher because I talked to them a lot and let them talk among themselves about the things we were dealing with most of the time. Apparently, they liked that. Not that that is what people generally do in 11th year or anything... They also like the way I explain things, and that is what makes me really, really happy. Gave my ego a real boost, that did.
This one, a landlord from Glasgow, did not. He was generally charming and helpful and I feet that my English can be sooo inadequate. Yes, of course, I can communicate, and I can also express complex ideas and whatnot, but for some subtleties it is just not subtle and quick enough. But all the same, I was able to express what I wanted and he described me the flats, sounds good so far, only that I am 'a bet errly to luik fa' a flat if ye want tae meeve in in September.'
Strangely, he apparently felt compelled to remark on how well he does get along with German students and that the last German tenant he had was a charming, nice and wonderful person he never had any troubles with and how he prefers students from abroad to English students and that if we are as nice as his tenant used to be he would be pleased to have us.
He was being kind, but it once more reminded me of the fact that I am going to be a foreigner from September on. Is it easy to be German abroad? I somehow do not think so, but then, the Scots are so charming that maybe it won't be bad at all.
Especially Scots spelling things out are cute.
"And the last part of the E-mail address is "prudential", that's p-r-u, d like dentist, e like... elephant, n like... nine, t like teeth, i like... icon, eh like eepple, l like... like."
I hope I have been polite enough - it is easy to make typically German mistakes even as an advanced learner which make the speaker sound totally impolite and even rude. And I am not sure I am trained enough to think of these little polite phrases quick enough when I speak, German and English structures battling in my head - I am never sure what I'll say until I've said it, and then, it is too late. Ah, well. All a matter of training.
Will stop now, I have to read 30 papers my Psychology class has written. The teacher has offered me to have a look at them because I have taught that class the two week before the test. I am curious what they have got to say on the topic, a few of them have been really good... and some more than only mildly disorganised.
Some of them wrote me letters to give me some feedback! They are so adorable. All in all they liked my classes and thought I am a good teacher because I talked to them a lot and let them talk among themselves about the things we were dealing with most of the time. Apparently, they liked that. Not that that is what people generally do in 11th year or anything... They also like the way I explain things, and that is what makes me really, really happy. Gave my ego a real boost, that did.
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Date: Wednesday, April 6th, 2005 11:33 pm (UTC)Hmm, sounds like you'll have a fine time if you move in with the Scots! Or into his property, I mean.
*hugs* and good luck on everything, hun! :D
politeness and semantics
Date: Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 03:28 am (UTC)Re: politeness and semantics
Date: Tuesday, June 28th, 2005 04:50 pm (UTC)Bwah. Students. Little monsters. :D
Re: politeness and semantics
Date: Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 01:46 pm (UTC)