The Language Palette

Wanderlust. Fernweh.
Call it what you wish to, but travel or vacation gives everyone (well, almost!) a high.
Be it for a business trip to Germany or a holiday in Goa.

Here are my German A2 students Apurva and Sabaheen writing about their experiences.

This was penned down right when they started A2 at but I finally am posting it now (when they are all set to hop on to B1! )

Thank you for your feedback, Akshay !
And for being such a sincere student throughout the German A1 course inspite of your "zu viel Arbeit"! 😊

When one is swamped with work during the week, one looks forward to the weekend to just relax and chill.
However, you always showed up for the early morning Weekend classes - all set and charged up to learn something new! 😃

And that zeal of yours, (along with your indispensable protein shakes - almonds - jogging routine!) may probably help me refrain from calling you "Onkel Akshay". 😉

Jokes apart, I wish you all the luck and success in your upcoming Goethe A1 exam. 🍀

Doesn't school life hold a special place in our 💟 for all of us?

At , learning also encompasses sharing memories of good old days as well as one's imagination of a 'dream school'.

Simple words -> Small joys -> Spaß beim Lernen -> Consistent progress 💪🏻

Gut gemacht Apurva , Aishwarya , Nisha and Sabaheen 😊

This was the first time in my 12 years of teaching experience that a student expressed the wish of giving me feedback in German itself and not English. And as a teacher, I felt overwhelmed! 🥰

Here's Chhaya, who joined for A2, after having done the A1 course elsewhere, who didn't feel confident to even speak in basic German on Day 1 and who, after the course ended, told me that she wished to try writing in German itself!😃

Yes, the language she used is simple.
Yes, there were 2-3 grammatical mistakes which I corrected.
Yes, she could have written much more and much better had she chosen to write in English.🙃

And, yet, I feel so proud and elated about the sheer fact that she still chose to write in German. And no, I don't find it fair to take the entire credit for it. Yes, teachers do contribute to the success, improvement and growth of their students, but that can't justify taking away the credit that's due to their own inherent drive, their hardwork, their dedication, their never-give-up attitude and most of all, their willingness to try without the fear of making mistakes.🙌🏻

That's how one learns - be it a language or absolutely anything in life.
When one is keen try, to experiment, to shed inhibitions and to look at the langauge as a happy pursuit and not a task that needs to be accomplished. 🙂

That's what I encourage my students to do.
And there is so much I Iearn from my students in this process.
Being a teacher implies never ceasing to be a student. 😊.