Yesterday was the last day of my course at Goethe Institute after 6 and half weeks of exciting education training and networking with students from all around the world, this step which I have been delaying since 1997 which was the first time I have ever stepped into Germany, not letting my mind to digest the idea of learning a new language, until the year 2023 is when I have decided to do so, since I have moved, settled and working in Germany.
I have moved back to Germany officially in December 2018 and since then I have wanted to join German lessons and didn’t happen because of many reasons such as traveling to Africa and frequently to Qatar, and then COVID19 made it harder since all classes were on hold, I have tried with the self-learning during the lockdown, I found it boring and from the moment I completed the course I didn’t want to continue until classes are back to regular. Beginning 2021 was the year I have promised myself to enroll to Goethe again for a whole year without a single skip to reach end of the year completing at least B2 and I have waited for classes to resume, however, the story of Algeria started and I didn’t want to enroll until the trip time and interrupt the classes with travels!
It took me around 5 months in Algeria, and took me more months after I got back of traveling between Algeria, Germany and Qatar and wasted both 2021 and 2022 without any German education! And I was reaching almost 4 years since I moved back to Germany, the only option I do is to postpone traveling and force myself with morning classes until I get used to attending the course at least until B1. It took me a while until I made the right decision which was 27th of February 2023, this is when I rejoined Goethe doing A1 for the 4th time since 1998!
It helped a lot taking the classes from the beginning since I never practiced German, although I could if I wanted to, but there was something inside me making me lazy to do so, I remember what my dad told me once: even if you speak English and everybody around you does, force yourself to speak German pretending you don’t know any other languages, by this way only, you will get it. Dad was 100% right about it and I forced myself the past 6 weeks and found myself gaining a lot of confidence and knowledge, I have also made a great network with classmates from all around the world. It is sad to that I have to put my language courses on hold again, since I will be traveling to Libya, Mongolia, and India during the summer, to resume again by August, hopefully with B1. Those friends I made during the past 6 weeks will be missed.
