Languages. A lot of them. Tomorrow a bunch of people from my class are given the day off from school to take the Cambrige Certificate in Advanced English for which they have been preparing for months.

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Languages. A lot of them. Tomorrow a bunch of people from my class are given the day off from school to take the Cambrige Certificate in Advanced English for which they have been preparing for months. Last school year, everyone in our grade was offered the possibility to do the exam, including a voluntary preparation course for the same. Most of my friends decided to take part, but I didn't and neither I registered for the CAE. Why? I don't really like English, that's why. Apart from that, it is quite expensive and very time-consuming. However, the main reason I don't like English is because of the teachers I have had. In primary school, we had a native from England and retrospectively she was quite ok, I must admit. In lower grade we had a teacher from Austria who I didn't like and now in upper grade we have another Austrian English teacher who I like even less (and she dislikes me as well, I guess). Furthermore, I have always been more passionate with Romanic languages. First of all: Spanish. Of course, I know Spanish quite well since I was in Chile and I'm incredibly glad about this as we don't learn anything in Spanish classes (the teacher is unable to explain properly). In addition, it is a beautiful language, kinda smooth and good to express feelings, in my opinion. Secondly: French. Earlier, I have to say I wasn't very keen on French and my grades were just average, but since about a year, I love it! The weird thing is, I'm better in French than I used to be since having been to Chile, though I was only able to study English there. However, last week my teacher criticized my article in French because the sentences were too complex. Thirdly: Italian. I selected Italian as my compulsory optional subject as there was nothing else left I would have been interested in. Now I can say it was the best choice possible: The teacher is awesome, we are a small group so everyone can basically be helped individually if necessary and in now in our third year we have already learned more then in our fourth year in Spanish classes. I love Italian, it sounds even smoother than Spanish. To terminate with, I'd like to narrate about Catalan. Two years ago, I participed a Catalan course at university with a friend and it was quite nice and interesting, but sadly I was only able to study it for one semester and I forgot a lot, I may look up my notes and papers to recall what I have learned. That's basically it for now, I thing I'm going to write a second part in English soon. Thank you.

Dec 2, 2014 5:36 PM

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Languages. A lot of them.

Tomorrow, a bunch of people from my class are given the day off from school to take the Cambrige Certificate in Advanced English for which they have been preparing for months. Last school year, everyone in our grade was offered the possibility to do the exam, including a voluntary preparation course for the same. Most of my friends decided to take part, but I didn't and nor did I registered for the CAE. Why? I don't really like English, that's why. Apart from that, it is quite expensive and very time-consuming.

However, the main reason I don't like English is because of the teachers I have had. In primary school, we had a native from England and retrospectively she was quite okay, [ok is an abbreviation and not really used in writing except in the forms of OK or okay]I must admit. In lower grade we had a teacher from Austria who I didn't like and now in upper grade we have another Austrian English teacher who I like even less (and she dislikes me as well, I guess). Furthermore, I have always been more passionate with Romance languages.

[I'm not sure what you mean by lower grade and upper grade in this context]

First of all: Spanish. Of course, I know Spanish quite well since I was in Chile and I'm incredibly glad about this as we don't learn anything in Spanish classes (the teacher is unable to explain properly). In addition, it is a beautiful language, kinda smooth and good to express feelings, in my opinion.

Secondly: French. Earlier, I have to say I wasn't very keen on French and my grades were just average, but since about a year ago, I love it! The weird thing is, I'm better in French than I used to be since having been to Chile, though I was only able to study English there. However, last week my teacher criticized my article in French because the sentences were too complex.

Thirdly: Italian. I selected Italian as my compulsory optional subject [At least in the American dialect, if not most English-speaking dialects, we frequently just call compulsory optional subjects "elective subjects/classes"] as there was nothing else left I would have been interested in. Now I can say it was the best choice possible: The teacher is awesome, we are a small group so everyone can basically be helped individually if necessary and in now in our third year we have already learned more than in our fourth year in Spanish classes. I love Italian, it sounds even smoother than Spanish.

Finally, [See here for other phrases you can use: http://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html go to "Conclusions"]I'd like to talk [or "discuss" works too] about Catalan. Two years ago, I participed in a Catalan course at university with a friend and it was quite nice and interesting, but sadly I was only able to study it for one semester and I forgot a lot, I may look up my notes and papers to recall what I have learned.

That's basically it for now, I think I'm going to write a second part in English soon. Thank you.