Slowly but steadily things are coming along.
Sitting there, working on my projects, the house all quiet with both boys sleeping at the same time, I was thinking. And suddenly realised that I had been thinking in English for the last couple of minutes. I probably know why I had turned back to English, but nevertheless it got me some more thinking and remembering. I wondered whether all people who speak more than one language fluently have this experience. And whether they also notice these switches so obviously as I do.
Things started way back when I was a teenager in High School and I had this crazy idea about spending a year abroad. And I did. I went to the USA, specifically to upstate New York and spent ten wonderful months with my new family. I went back for my sisters graduation, did some travelling around. The day I wanted to spent at Disney World in California was also the day that the twin towers fell. Am I ever coming back? I don’t really know, I know for sure that it will not be as soon as I had expected because my husband and I have decided not to move there next fall.
What was I trying to tell you? Yes, the switches. I remember watching TV before school started that summer I spent in NY. One afternoon I became aware that I really understood what these people on TV were saying. I was so proud … and then there were two other occasions. When I heard myself thinking in English and the morning I got up and knew that I had been dreaming in English for the first time.
I love this language. I don’t know why and it sounds strange but I really truly do. The reason why I have been thinking in English this afternoon is easily explained: I have been reading English Blogs on a daily basis for the last month and then yesterday my husband sent me this link to Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon. I sat there and watched for 1,5 hours and was thoroughly impressed by this man and by what he said. Maybe you can spare some time to watch the video - there is also one available with German subtitles. The time you spent is really worth it!
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Dieses Mal nehme ich die deutsche Wild Card. Jeder, der das nicht versteht, darf sich gern per mail bei mir melden, dann übersetze ich den Text gerne. Ich werd Euch auch nicht auslachen - jeder kann was besser und was schlechter. Wen interessierts.
