training wheels off!

Today I started a new German course.  I guess its official that I’m not actually a beginner at this language anymore.  This course is for middle tier students, which is pretty cool when you think about it.  Sure I took some classes in London, and they were a great foundation, but I never really considered myself anything other than a beginner before.  I believe that after I have finished this course that I can take the official “Look mommy, I can speak German” test.  This is the official test that you get a Government certificate for!  We have the same teacher as last term which is good. 

We’re experimenting with using Moodle to enhance the course, but I have to say we’ve been relatively unsuccessful so far. This is mainly because of a lack of discipline on my part I think.  I take notes on my PC every class, and transcribe them into better German / English later on when I’m studying or doing homework. I should really be using Moodle to ask questions of my teacher, but I find that its easier to simply look up the information I need on the net.  I use Leo, Chemnitz University’s excellent Beolingus service and a couple of other online resources to do things like this.  I also have a rather large paper dictionary at home that I turn to should the online research bear no results, or indeed should I not actually be online.  Not online: What a quaint idea.