Tonight is a special night here in Austria. It is „Nikolo“ or „Heiliger Nikolaus“, the night where Saint Nicholas brings sweets to all of the good children, and Krampus brings warnings and punishments to bad children! I had to do a little research on Krampus, because I wasn’t sure exactly why the grocery stores were not only filled with chocolate Santas, but also Devils! After reading up about Krampus, I can definitely say that if I were an Austrian child, I would behave myself! Krampus is pretty scary.

It is also the start of the Christmas season in Austria! I will be celebrating by heading to a Christkindlmarkt and drinking some Glühwein!

I’m very happy to be in Austria for the Christmas season, I think it is the most Christmasy place in the world!

Here are some pictures of the kind of treats children will be receiving from Nikolaus, and the treats the bad children will receive from Krampus, as a warning to behave!

Hey guys, I’m going to write in English today because I’m not feeling so well and I want to get to bed early so that I can hopefully make it to my course tomorrow and not be sick! I will make up for it with a German one soon enough, promise! I will also post more pictures including some of my class and of Vienna and Eisenstadt soon. Here’s today’s entry:

I’m learning German in Vienna because I have decided to continue my University studies here in Austria. I did two years of a Communication degree at the University of Ottawa, but after two years, I was still unsure of what I really wanted to study! Instead of wasting another year, I took last year off and moved to Spain with my boyfriend and it was a great decision! I realized that I have a real passion for languages, and have decided to pursue this through my studies, and since it is free for me to study here in Austria (and my boyfriend is from here!) we decided to move here for our University studies. I am really looking forward to getting back to University!

I began learning German two years ago at my University in Canada. I started learning it because my boyfriend is from here and I knew I would be using it a lot with his family and friends. My German class ended up being my favourite class! I had a lot of fun learning it from the beginning, and now it is even more fun because I am at a level where I can use it everyday!

I first chose DeutschAkademie two summers ago when I was here for my summer holiday. I found the school through a Google search and it seemed to have the cheapest rates compared to other language schools in Vienna, so I thought I would give it a try. I was skeptical because of the low price, but I was very pleasantly surprised! I had a great time and my teacher was very helpful.

I decided to come back to the DeutschAkademie because I enjoyed it so much last time. It is also in a great central location that is also convenient for me since it is only two stops away from Südtiroler Platz, which is where my bus from Eisenstadt leaves.

That’s it for today, time to get ready for bed! Ich hoffe dass ich nicht krank werde!

Tschüß! 🙂

Ich habe heute morgen meinen Bus fast verpasst, weil ich verschlafen habe, aber glücklicherweise habe ich es geschafft und bin heute in den ersten Unterricht von meinem zweiten Deutschkurs gegangen.

Meine Klasse ist größer als die letzte, und auch sehr international!
Die Schüler kommen aus Mexiko, Russland, der Schweiz, Serbien, England, Schweden und Südkorea. Dies ist eines der Dinge, die ich an Sprachkursen am meisten liebe. Man kann viele Leute von vielen verschiedenen Ländern kennenlernen!

Es sind Schüler aus verschiedenen Altersgruppen in der Klasse, aber ich glaube wir sind alle unter 40. Ich glaube, das Durchschnittsalter ist 25.
Ich habe die gleiche Lehrerin wie in meinem November Kurs, und ich freue mich darüber! Sie ist sehr nett und begeistert von Sprachen und vom Sprachenunterricht.

Erstmals angefangen mit Sprechen über miteinander in Pärchen und haben uns gefragt “Woher kommst du?” “Seit wie lange bist du in Wien?” usw.
Dann fingen wir an mit der Kursbuch Aktivitäten. Im ersten Kapitel geht es um “Beruf”.
Wir haben gelesen, geschrieben, diskutiert und gehört. Ich fand den Kurs sehr balanciert.

Ich war heute etwa müde deshalb werde ich meine Hausaufgabe jetzt machen damit ich eine gute Nachtruhe haben kann. Tschüss und bis morgen!

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Well, I nearly missed the first day of my new class today because my alarm didn’t go off, but luckily I made it to the bus on time!

My class is bigger than it was last time – and very international!
The students are from Mexico, Russia, Brasil, Switzerland, Serbia, England, Sweden, and South Korea! This is one of the things that I love most about language courses, you get to meet people from all around the world.
The class is made up of people of different ages, but I believe we are all under 40. I’m guessing the average age is 25.
I have the same teacher, Andrea, from my class in December which I am very happy about because she is great and seems to be very motivated about languages and language teaching!

We started the day by grouping into pairs and asking each other questions such as “Where are you from?” “How long have you been in Vienna?” etc.
We then began working on the first chapter in the book which is about “Careers”. We did some reading, writing, discussion, and a listening activity. I found the class to be very nicely balanced.

I was a little bit tired today so I’m going to go and do my homework now so I can get a good night’s sleep tonight! I’ll be back with another update tomorrow!

Hallo! Ich heiße Jessica und ich bin eure Bloggerin hier auf dem DeutschAkademie Blog für Dezember!

Ein bisschen über mich:

Ich bin 21 Jahre alt und ich komme aus Halifax, Kanada. Ich habe gerade den November M2.1 Kurs beendet und jetzt mache ich weiter in dem M2.2 Kurs. Hier ist eine Graphik von den angebotenen Stufen der Kurse der DeutschAkademie:

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Ich wohne jetzt in Eisenstadt. Eisenstadt liegt ungefähr eine Stunde außerhalb von Wien. Eisenstadt ist die Hauptstadt vom Burgenland. Hier sind zwei Fotos von der Aussicht von wo ich wohne. Du kannst bis Ungarn sehen!

Ich lerne Deutsch weil ich Transkulturelle Kommunikation an der Universität Wien studieren möchte. Ich fange nächsten März an. Für mein Studium brauche ich sehr gute Englisch, Deutsch und Spanisch Kenntnisse.
Ich liebe Sprachen! Sprachenlernen ist mein Lieblingshobby und ich bin vertraut damit, über Sprachen und Sprachenlernen zu schreiben, weil ich meinen eigenen „Sprachen Blog“ habe! Dort schreibe ich über Sprachen und Sprachenlernen. Du findest meinen Blog unter https://ichestudiolangues.wordpress.com

Dieses Monat jedoch, bin ich hier am DeutschAkademie Blog! Ich freue mich euch über meinen Kurs und das Leben in Österreich zu erzählen! 🙂

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Hello! My name is Jessica and I will be your blogger here at the DeutschAkademie blog for the month of December!

Here is a little bit about myself:

I am 21 years old and I’m from Halifax, Canada. I just completed the M2.1 German course at the DeutschAkademie in Vienna during November and I am now continuing on to the M2.2 course. I currently live in Eisenstadt which is about one hour outside of Vienna. It is the capital of Burgenland.

I am learning German because I will be studying at the University of Vienna beginning in the next semester which starts next March. I want to study Translation and Interpretation (Transkulturelle Kommunikation) using English, German and Spanish. I love languages! Language learning is my favourite hobby and I’m no stranger to writing about the topic of languages and language learning. I have my own blog where I write about languages and language learning at https://ichestudiolangues.blogspot.com.For this month though, I’ll be over here at the DeutschAkademie blog! I look forward to updating you daily on my German learning adventures and life in Austria! 🙂