I may have been the teacher, but I also learned
a lot while teaching English here in Germany.
Hey everyone! I'm Dana and you're watching Wanted Adventure Living Abroad.
If you've clicked on this video looking for information about teaching English in
Germany this is not that video, but I have made a video on that topic already, and I
will link to it down below.
So what is this video about?
Well, when I first moved to Munich, I taught English to adult students here in Germany
for about 3 years.
And during that time I learned many different lessons and things.
And so today, I will share a few of those things that I learned.
It was just amazing.
I learned that people learn English for a million different reasons.
And I think that was actually one of the most fascinating parts about teaching English here;
meeting so many different people and learning about what inspired them to learn English.
I taught one person who refereed shooting competitions and needed English for that.
I taught another person who often traveled internationally because they were an organ courier.
And some of my students were working in customer service and they would actually be using their English
most often to communicate with other non-native English speakers from all around the world.
I also learned very quickly that teaching English is a heck of a lot more than "just"
teaching the language.
It's often also about teaching the culture behind the language, because sometimes, as
I learned, there are words that can't really be translated into German because the full
and complete concept just doesn't exist in Germany.
Cul-de-sac, for example.
The dictionary translates cul-de-sac to Sackgasse, but they're not really the same thing.
And that's because houses and housing arrangements are themselves very different in Germany and the U.S.
So you really have to look at the culture there.
To really explain cul-de-sac, I would have to talk about that in America, for example,
you often have housing developments and subdivisions, with a name and a sign at the entrance to
that development, and sometimes but not always there are rules for everyone living in that development.
Like maybe you can only paint your house one of three pre-approved colors, or you must
mow your lawn a certain number of times per month or else you'll be fined.
Or something like that.
I taught many different classes and many different students during my time as an English teacher
in Germany.
And one very important thing that it taught me about the culture in Germany is that sometimes
at first some Germans can be a bit of a tough nut to crack, but when they do warm up to
you and if they do let you in, they really let you in.
So it just seemed to me like some of my students needed a little bit more time to open up to
someone that they didn't know, than what I was used to in the U.S.
And at first I did take it personally, I just couldn't help but take it personally.
I would start a lesson in a new class or sometimes I would fill in for another teacher if they
were sick, and for, like, the first minutes of class, some or sometimes all of the students
would be a little stand-offish, kind of hesitant, like: who is the person here, and what does
she want from me.
They weren't all necessarily really convinced about me from the first moment.
But then, oftentimes, by the middle of the lesson they had relaxed and warmed up to me a little bit.
But sometimes not. Sometimes it took a few classes.
But usually at least by the end of the course they had kind of come around and were then
often really warm and just really kind and open.
I had one course that at first I swore up and down that the students hated me, or at
least they didn't really trust me.
But by the end of the course, they were just all so kind and so open, and on the last day
they brought me flowers and little gifts and a card, and it was just unbelievable how warm
and welcoming they then were.
One of the first classes that I taught here in Germany was to Germans who were actually sent to
the class by the government.
They were there because they had been collecting unemployment money for, I believe, over two
years at that point, obviously without successfully landing a job during that time.
So they were sent to learn English in order to make themselves a better job candidate,
and then those classes were paid for by the government.
So my question for you is: Have you taken English or any other language classes outside of school?
What's been your experience with that?
And teachers out there, what has teaching taught you?
Please let me know in the comments below.
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Until next time, auf Wiedersehen!
Hey! Just one quick thing!
Mr. German Man and I are taking a little break, and there will be no Wednesday video this week.
We're taking a little vacation.
All the Sunday videos will still be the same.
Sunday at 9 a.m., and next week, the Wednesday video will be back at 3 p.m., so just no Wednesday
video this coming August 16. Okay, thanks! Bye! That's it.
Any other language classes outside of school, what... Yeah?
And for, like, the first...doopty doopty doo.
But they're not really the same thing, and that's because
houses and housing themselves...arrangements.
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