Okay, so I’ve now been in Heidelberg for a month and it’s safe to say that I’ve learnt a lot. Owing to the fact that I’ve just been doing a Sprachkurs (language course), I’ve been able to have a lot of fun, but of course there have been many, many things to get used to in moving to a new country and uni!
You don’t have to leave H for a beautiful view 🙂
Today, I thought I would write about something which has long plagued anyone who studies a language – slip ups! I think that one of the most fantastic things anyone can do in a foreign country is have a go at the language. Whether you’ve been doing it for years or have found a couple of phrases in a guide book, just showing that awareness that not everybody on the planet speaks English is amazing. What’s more (and even better) is that everybody will make a mistake in which they use the wrong word or phrase, regardless of years studying! I have been doing Spanish for 12 years now and I still make the odd slip up, after which I pray for the ground to just swallow me whole, but the results of such blunders can be just as amusing as they are embarrassing. I have a few little anecdotes to explain exactly what I mean…
Durham Students Abroad 