Claire Woolly
Studying BA English & Germany at the University of Southampton.
Spending my Year Abroad in the fabulous city of Karlsruhe, BW Germany. Only been out here for a few weeks, & already having a blast working as a Foreign language teaching assistant in a Gymnasium. Surprisingly TEFL is making me realise just how much about English I really don't know, so guess you could say I am successfully managing to improve both languages. Always a plus.
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Karlsruhe-only a few weeks left of YA: Enjoy life to the full trains!
Tuesday, 21 August 2012This time last year I knew I was coming to Karlsruhe. This time last year, I knew I would be working in Fichte Schule. This time last year, the aforementioned two points were helping, (granted, to a minimal extent) in soothing my ‘oh-pants-I’m-spending-a-year-in-a-completely-unknown-place-where-I-will-be-speaking-a-non-native-language’ jitters. (‘Jitters’ depicting an emotion somewhere in-between terror & excitement. Trepidation, perhaps- yet ‘jitters’ is my preferred term, so let’s stick with that.
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Karlsruhe, Germany: 'Vitamin B'. Getting involved!
Saturday, 22 October 2011Week three in Karlsuhe coming up. The last week has been spent finding new hobbies & trying new things, (often with little success), but hey, I'm having fun, speaking German & meeting new people...Long-term accommodation, despite the struggle, is now sorted & I'm well on the way to finding my feet & feeling settled, though the odd skype with friends & family back in England always helps to keep any 'I miss England' moments at bay.
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Banter, Bits & Bobs in the ‘Fan-city’. P.1
Wednesday, 28 September 20112 days to go until I leave for my teaching induction. Here are one or two reflections of a pre Year Abroad visit to Karlsruhe...
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Right kiddies, here’s Berlin, here’s a travel card. Toodle-pip, have fun & don’t die. I’m afraid I have an appointment with a beer, or two’.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012The above succinctly summaries any responsible teacher. In Germany. We’ll come to that a bit later though.Published in Travel JournalTagged under -
Karlsruhe: Do one thing everyday that scares you..
Friday, 14 October 2011The first week of the Year Abroad In K'ruhe, well, sort of...Published in Travel JournalTagged under -
Learning some organisational skills; Well needed, it seems.
Wednesday, 24 August 2011Trying to gather my ideas and get sorted for my time spent as a teaching assistant in Karlsruhe, South-West Germany. Even in writing that, there’s heavy irony; I should probably be investing time spent blogging in sending off yet another form, ringing student finance or e-mailing a German student with regard to accommodation & flat-sharing.
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