I read Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen and Anne Frank's Tagebuch. (Those reviews, auf Deutsch, are here and here.) I hadn't read Harry Potter before, but it was an easy read and good practice for me. And I acquired some fun vocabulary--dragon, goblin, monster, troll, etc. Anne Frank's diary was much more difficult, but I had read it in English years ago, so that helped.
Ekaterina encouraged us to write our reviews in the foreign language, too, which intimidated me, as I haven't written anything in German since college. But I did it, with a lot of sweat and effort, and much consulting of online dictionaries, lol. I also enjoyed very much connecting with a couple of other students of German and reading their work. And I got some helpful comments on the Harry Potter review from a native speaker, which was wonderful.
Looking forward to next summer's Language Freak challenge...
I'm glad you've enjoyed the challenge, Amy! I'm also looking forward to seeing you a participant next year! Wow, you lucky to have a German native speaker at work. We had one, but he left long ago, and I didn't have time to torture him with my compositions. Good for him! :) Your wrap-up is now linked up to the finish line post.
ReplyDeleteActually, that native speaker was another challenge participant, Juleschka at Buchlogbuch, who reviewed my Harry Potter post--not someone at my job. I must edit to make that clearer, sorry! :)
DeleteOoops, sorry for misunderstanding :) I'm still under the anesthesia effects, and so a bit stupid :) That was one of my goals - to build a community of learners who can help each other, and I'm happy that this was successful!
DeleteEven I'm looking forward to next summer's Language Freak challenge. Hopefully I'll be able to read more than one book! It was interesting reading book reviews in German, not something I'm used to.
ReplyDeleteIt was a stretch for me too, in a good way.
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