Ich werde lernen, Schritt fuer Schritt.

Last Wednesday i had my first German lesson in German 5. There are only 12 students taking that module and most of them are students who came back from SEP. They can speak really well..or even if not really well, they are just so comfortable using the language after staying in Germany for 6 to 12 months. Gosh. There's also this Polish guy who has 7 years of experience in learning the language.. i have no idea why is he taking this module!! It seems to me that he probably will not learn anything new cuz he's so proficient in the language already. There's another French guy who also has a good command in the language.

I felt totally intimidated. :(

I doubted whether i made a right choice in taking the module. There were many times i didnt understand what the teacher was saying because there's just too many foreign vocab/ i just didnt catch her words. There are a few times pple nod in agreement or laugh in unison but i had a big question mark on my mind..or maybe even face. It seemed that the pple are there either to polish their German after returning from SEP / chill and pull up their CAP/ and 3 of us who are gg for exchange next semester. sigh. But it was yet another lesson from God. It was more than a language lesson. Feeling so inadequate once again helped me to emphathise even greater with PRC students who come over to Singapore to study. I have seen their strong desire for academic success in Nanyang and NUS. I have seen them struggle with languages (English and German) and yet are always striving.

That reminded me of Exodus 23:9. Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.

Anyway i rejected thoughts of dropping the module because there's so much i can learn thou i will really struggle. After all, the true challenge lies in my exchange when i face native speakers, not just students with a much better command of the language.