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Of course, communication skills are often more useful than language skills, and as long as you can make yourself known, that's good enough for most people... but that's hardly the right mindset for a teacher, I think. That what she told your friend is the most demotivating thing ever, though. Also downright insulting O.o I remember my Latin teacher telling my class just before the final high school exams: "you're all gonna fail". And everyone did (except for me, my Latin was awesome due to hard diligent work over the years, so basically everyone had insufficient and I scored 90%..). Most people were too demotivated to even try, "it's not going to work out anyway". It's the worst attitude for a teacher.

The way you're teaching happens over here a lot. My German classes were mostly in German (after a year of getting used to the language) and my English classes were as well... over here..

..studies that could really help you with getting a job. But then again, who am I to judge. If they want to study philosophy, they should. Hope it works out, though.

Indeed, the wonder of languages. ^^

Hehe, I'm glad you don't mind me typing a lot XD It's just... I study in the same direction as you and there's so many familiar themes to talk about.. you automatically become a bit more eloquent, eh? ;)

Vienna was a bit cheaper than living here, for me =/ The Netherlands is crazy expensive with some things. But I do see what you mean, though. Though housing in Vienna can be quite 'cheapish' (about 200 Euro a month on average for a student room, according to my Austrian friends, but I think it might be hard to get into one of those houses as a foreigner idk), the food is really quite expensive. Especially vegetables and fish..

Leaving will definitely be very sad. But that's a good experience too: you cry because it's important and it matter to you. Makes it worth it, right? And seeing as you've already had the experience of succeeding in making friends before, you're probably a bit more confident for Leipzig too?

Yeah idk why people would solely study philosophy. I mean, it's great that you're interested in it and I'm sure you still learn writing skills etc. but I don't see it as a..

..supervisor could help? I don't know if that's an option for you, though. Over here my studies is small so I could just talk with my supervisor quite regularly. But when you say you have to write about methodology you mean teaching methods, right?

I command you for teaching, really. I have tried in the past, I used to be a tutor of sorts (for physics, of all things!) and I've had to teach at primary school a few times but eep, turns out I'm really not good in making the class listen to me. xD But you're right, studying to be a teacher is a good thing! It's a solid job, and a good one too. Should it not be what you like you can always try to get a job somewhere else, bu if it doesn't work out, then you can still work as a teacher. I don't see why people would find it weird, is it because they can't see themselves becoming teachers?

..it. Oh bad pronunciation is also one of my pet peeves. I have some professors who are forced to teach in English where you can't hear the difference between "tree" and "three" for example. It makes the class so difficult to follow..

Ah, so studying abroad is important in Poland, then. It is important to some extent here too. But besides what I said earlier, these days companies really look into previous work experience, and especially the type of work where you help people out for free. Like omg us poor students really have no time for that, if you work you work to get money. The system is fucked up everywhere, I guess.

Haha, there will probably be tons of parties organized by the Erasmus Student Network, so you should be good ;) Sounds like you're planning on having a good time! As for the thesis: subjects are always difficult to think of, but maybe a discussion with your..

Omg that teacher of yours sounds bad. I really HATE it when people talk down to you in class, intentionally or not. Being treated like a kid who doesn't know anything is so frustrating considering you've made it to university. I can't believe she had you sing nursery rhymes in class.. never heard about that happening at uni before.

Methodology sounds quite hard to me, but having such a teacher surely doesn't improve the fun. I find it surprising that she still has you learning by heart, I mean, the Dutch system used to be based on that: learning grammar by heart means you somehow speak the language. At least well enough to pass the exam. The bit that surprises me is that we're actually studying Second Language Acquisition right now as well and they say this method is 'completely outdated'. I guess you and I both agree with that statement... you only really learn a language while using..

Heirs ben ik ook wel benieuwd naar, maar voornamelijk wegens de cast.. Kim Ji Won! Kim Woo Bin! En nog een aantal andere leuke mensen, maar zij zijn mijn favorieten ^^

Ik ben meestal niet zo goed met drama's die nog niet zijn afgelopen, beetje te ongeduldig voor :P Jeongi wil ik ook nog zien, though. Als het afgelopen is, waarschijnlijk. XD

Maar ik denk dat ik voor volgende maand inderdaad ook een uitzondering moet maken, komen een heleboel leuke dingen aan hmhm.. ik heb voornamelijk zin in Marry Him If You Dare ^^ Jij?

Dank je ^^ Het is zo druk dat ik nu gewoon iets licht, leuks zoek om naast het werk te kunnen kijken, tot nu toe lijkt het een goede keuze ;) Ben jij nog iets leuks aan het kijken? :)

Ik ben net aan Rooftop Prince begonnen, maar ik denk dat City Hunter de volgende wordt dan :)

As for linguistics.. well, the people I know who have studied linguistics are generally still working in either research or education. This means that they do research (we have a linguistics research lab here in Utrecht, they do many tests, I get the invitations on the mail), or they teach at uni, or they'll continue researching and publish in articles. I also know someone who ended up writing school books, for kids learning German!

But in all honesty: over here most people don't end up working in the direction they've studied for. Having a uni degree is fab, it shows you're smart and capable. Real work you learn on the workfloor. The great advantage of studying a language or linguistics is that you generally speak two or more languages, which is a plus in this international world. But like said, the job you'll learn when you start working.

..sorry for the novel.

..don't really know anyone. That really forms a kind of bond, and I, as well as most of my friends, made handy contacts early on! That will definitely help you out. But still, moving to a different country is hard, and will take some time getting used to. It's worth it, though. ;)

As for Intercultural Communication... let's be honest, there's no real job for someone who's finished that master. Intercultural advisor is not a job you will see advertised in the papers. I chose the master because it's a) research, shows you can work on your own; b) language related, which always looks great on the CV; c) comes with an internship (I'll be going to Munich!); d) I just really needed an MA title to stand a better chance on the job market and the other available masters for German are teaching or research only. Meh. This one has some real life applications.

..likely good for your CV. But it's always hard to judge if a uni is or isn't right for you, as the information you have access to beforehand is never objective, and what they promise you may very well not be the truth. In the end I guess the uni experience is, like most things, what you make of it. Do you have any idea what you'd like to be doing at uni to make you feel like you'd waste your time less? Like said, I decided to do a minor, but you might feel better trying different kinds of courses, or maybe helping out with research or something similar!

I went to Vienna for my Erasmus. It took some time getting used to the city but overall it was great :D Feeling stressed is understandable though, just like it will probably take a little time to settle in. The great advantage is though that you won't be the only Erasmus student there, there are many other people who are also new and..

I think most people I know feel that they waste their time at uni, which I'm sure is not really making you feel any better..! For me personally it's just that I feel you're not being trained for the job you'll have later, and though learning is fun, if I can't use it later on then it's currently a little useless. But indeed, motivating yourself is hard.. that's why I eventually decided on a minor, and I did one on business economics. I actually thought that were very useful, so I guess it depends on what you choose to do as well. But then I also did loads of courses related to Medieval history, and now that's a prime example of being a great interest but really useless in real life :P Though I could write my thesis about it, so there's that, I guess.

I know that for the Netherlands at least the uni name and the studies title is what counts the most, so in that sense your uni is most..

Ahhh You're Beautiful heb ik net gezien! Een vriendin had het aangeraden voor drukke tijden, en het was inderdaad erg leuk, snap ook wel dat hij succesvol is als een eerste drama :)

Van de anderen die je noemde heb ik alleen School gezien, whoops! Moet toch snel maar eens weer wat meer dramas gaan kijken :P City Hunter staat sowieso hoog op het lijstje, maar nu dus helemaal ;)

Helemaal mee eens, hoewel ik het meestal een beetje probeer af te wisselen. Ik moet wel zeggen dat ik You're Beautiful juist zo leuk vond als drama omdat zoveel mensen ervan op de hoogte waren dat ze haar broer niet was, in tegenstelling tot de plots die erop gericht zijn dat ze niet als meisje ontmaskerd wordt. Ach j, variatie is goed, zeggen we dan maar ;)

Ik ben snel, maar niet zo snel ;)

Maar mooi :) Met mij gaat het ook wel goed, druk maar prima ;)

Eens kijken. Mijn eerste drama was Ouran High School Host Club i.v.m. de anime.. maar de eerste drama waarna ik echt meer wou zien was de Japanse Hana Kimi. Grappig genoeg was de Koreaanse versie van Hana Kimi mijn eerste K-drama, omdat een vriendin van mij het wou kijken voor Sulli maar niet alleen wou kijken :P En het resultaat zie je op MDL XD

Rich Man, Poor Woman is nog steeds mijn favoriete Japanse drama denk ik, en Queen In Hyun's Man mijn favoriete Koreaanse, alhoewel ik ook hele goede herinneringen heb aan Sungkyunkwam Scandal ^^

En voor jou? :)

Hahaha we stuurden op ongeveer hetzelfde moment een berichtje xDDD

Heeey it's a fellow Dutchie ;) haha het voelt raar om hier Nederlands te praten XD Maar bedankt voor het toevoegen! Hoeist? :)

It's still a bit more free days than we get off, but I guess we get compensated by having fewer hours to spend in class. Every system has its pros and cons, but it is always sucky when things don't turn out the way you'd like. I can totally understand the want to go home more often. Luckily I can study in what is practically my home town, but when I was doing my Erasmus I often missed my parents so much, and Skype just doesn't make up for it.

Leipzig!!! Awesome. :D Hope you'll have fun! The Erasmus programm is really quite awesome, so enjoy <3

Intercultural Communication is very interesting to learn about, I just don't really like the type of research they require us to do. I'm mostly there for the reading part. ;) Oh, linguistics are also cool :D I wish I could've done more with that during my Bachelor...

I know, the Dutch system is a bit sucky in that sense :( My university is worse, as apparently it doesn't see the point in semester and just gives "blocks".. which has as an added disadvantage that there's hardly any holidays at all? There's summer holidays and Christmas holidays of course, and besides that we get one whole week off in April. Bit annoying..

But you're going to Germany? Awesome! Where are you going if I may ask? :)

Yep, you got that right. Conducting interviews is indeed quite hard haha! I'm currently doing the master Intercultural Communication, and I just finished the bachelor German Language & Culture. What are you studying? :)