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From left to right: Justin (Switzerland), Davide (Switzerland), Mickey (US), Marc (Switzerland), Leevi (China), Elisabeth (US), Dallas (US), Adam (US), Gracia (US), ShangPing (China), and me (US)
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So if you don't now what Carl-Duisberg Centren is by now, you must not be a loyal follower of my blog and I order you to go back and read all of my past posts. Just kidding, but I have seriously mentioned this place a hundred times. Carl-Duisberg Centren (CDC) is the language school I went to in Radolfzell. The week that I left Radolfzell was a bit hectic so I didn't get a chance to post about it...but I am doing it know. CDC is a Sprachschule (language school) and there are multiple locations all throughout Germany. The best one, natürlich, is Radolfzell! Although most of the courses there were German courses the schools do offer other language courses as well. For instance, many of the Asian kids would be learning English in conjunction with German. Can you imagine learning two languages at the same time? I thought I had it hard learning one! Monday through Friday I would make my way to CDC for my daily German instruction. I would walk but my house was only 2 minutes by foot from CDC. I was, hands down, the person that lived the closest to CDC. I was sooooo lucky. Mondays and Tuesday were from 8:45 am to 3 pm with one 30 minute break and one 1 hour and 45 minute break. So we basically had three 90 minute courses on Mondays and Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdays were technically only from 8:45 am to 12:15 pm with the one 30 minute break between those classes. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, however, we were all encouraged to attend something called Mediothek which was basically a study hall where you would sit in a room with no teacher and do your homework...or something else that helped you learn German. Fridays, true to German culture, were the shortest days. With classes only from 8:45 am to 12:15 pm with the one 30 minute break and NO Mediothek. Because of this, CDC would often organize outings on these days. As a CDC student you had the option of not going on these outings but they were, often times, a lot of fun. The Fürstenberg Brauerei was one of the Friday outings that I blogged about. Who wouldn't want to tour a brewery on a Friday afternoon? So, in order to give a more clear picture of how I spent the last two months, here are some pictures of my lovely CDC.
The language courses at CDC are what they call "intensive". The classes are taught in the language you are learning. For instance, my classes were taught in 100% German. Even when the teacher had to explain something that we didn't understand, she would do it in German. At first it was really hard, but your ears and mouth get the hang of it quickly. You learn about 2 or 3 aspects of grammar and then put it to use the whole day with speaking and listening exercises. My German has really improved greatly thanks in part to these intensive classes and the great groundwork I had in place before going to Germany.
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| This is where we would spend our break times. Outside we would talk and eat our lunch |
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| Me and my wonderful CDC! |
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Once a week, I would do my laundry here.
Do you see how small these washing machines are?
I had to literally shove my clothes into them
and wonder if my clothes were even getting clean. |
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| PPP is the German part of CBYX. We had our own little bulletin board. It was our go to spot to know what was up. |
So if you don't now what Carl-Duisberg Centren is by now, you must not be a loyal follower of my blog and I order you to go back and read all of my past posts. Just kidding, but I have seriously mentioned this place a hundred times. Carl-Duisberg Centren (CDC) is the language school I went to in Radolfzell. The week that I left Radolfzell was a bit hectic so I didn't get a chance to post about it...but I am doing it know. CDC is a Sprachschule (language school) and there are multiple locations all throughout Germany. The best one, natürlich, is Radolfzell! Although most of the courses there were German courses the schools do offer other language courses as well. For instance, many of the Asian kids would be learning English in conjunction with German. Can you imagine learning two languages at the same time? I thought I had it hard learning one! Monday through Friday I would make my way to CDC for my daily German instruction. I would walk but my house was only 2 minutes by foot from CDC. I was, hands down, the person that lived the closest to CDC. I was sooooo lucky. Mondays and Tuesday were from 8:45 am to 3 pm with one 30 minute break and one 1 hour and 45 minute break. So we basically had three 90 minute courses on Mondays and Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdays were technically only from 8:45 am to 12:15 pm with the one 30 minute break between those classes. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, however, we were all encouraged to attend something called Mediothek which was basically a study hall where you would sit in a room with no teacher and do your homework...or something else that helped you learn German. Fridays, true to German culture, were the shortest days. With classes only from 8:45 am to 12:15 pm with the one 30 minute break and NO Mediothek. Because of this, CDC would often organize outings on these days. As a CDC student you had the option of not going on these outings but they were, often times, a lot of fun. The Fürstenberg Brauerei was one of the Friday outings that I blogged about. Who wouldn't want to tour a brewery on a Friday afternoon? So, in order to give a more clear picture of how I spent the last two months, here are some pictures of my lovely CDC.
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