It’s this
time of the year when students, especially the ones from the ITAT, get stressed
out because of all the upcoming exams. I am one of these students and right now
I have some troubles in setting my priorities right. As you may know I have
also courses in history, pedagogy and Latin as part of my history BA programme.
Admittedly it was probably not the best idea to start a second BA programme
subsequently to my Transcultural Communication one but I will try my best to
complete both of them. Since I have the double amount of lectures I also have
much more exams than others, to be exact I have fourteen of them at the end of January.
Therefore, I decided to postpone some of them to the end of February. The
question is which of them should I put off? Immediately I knew that the three
pedagogy lectures would be the first ones on the hit list, since I am not
really into that topic. You now may ask yourself why I have to visit these
lectures anyway. Well, as part of my history
programme I need a complementary
subject where you have to complete six lectures within the first three
semesters, I believe. Not quite convenient for someone who already has two BA
porgrammes but that’s another story. My second subject I postponed is the “Basismodul”.
You can compare it with my complementary subject but it’s slightly different as
you have to choose two additional subjects within the “GEWI”. In total I have to learn for ten exams, which
is also intense but not impossible to manage. After my postponing and at the beginning
of my intensive month of learning another issue appeared. On which subjects should I set my priorities? Language,
history, language, history….. I came to the conclusion that I should probably
concentrate my attention on the four STEOP – exams and my two language courses.
As these six are the ones I have to pass in order to get into the second
semester. Now, halfway through my intensive learning period my brain is stuffed
with year dates, historical events, culture concepts and definitions, phrasal
verbs, vocabulary and sign language. That’s not a comfortable mixture I have to
say. I am already at this point where I start to do the most hilarious things
while learning. For example, my newest learning method is to spell the English
vocabulary with the finger alphabet. I guess whenever people see me learning,
the probably think I am crazy but whatever. With this method I can connect two
language subjects with an easy method. Speaking of methods, at first it was
difficult for me to remember all these important year dates but fortunately I
found a quite helpful method for myself. Last week I bought a great white board
where I can write all the dates and events on and can also connect them with
different colours. Whenever I see something illustrated it’s easier for me get
the connections and also remember the dates. Only the Prague Spring won’t stay
in my remembrance. Something about 1968, socialism, liberalism, the
Soviet Union, and an uprising, I believe. That’s a perfect example for how I am
mixing up subjects. While I am writing an English blog I suddenly bring up history.
That is quite weird I have to admit. Well, after I spent quite some time
thinking about the content of my post and with the writing of it, it’s now time
for another subject. It’s probably history, so that I can have a look at the
Prague Spring over and over again.
programme I need a complementary
subject where you have to complete six lectures within the first three
semesters, I believe. Not quite convenient for someone who already has two BA
porgrammes but that’s another story. My second subject I postponed is the “Basismodul”.
You can compare it with my complementary subject but it’s slightly different as
you have to choose two additional subjects within the “GEWI”. In total I have to learn for ten exams, which
is also intense but not impossible to manage. After my postponing and at the beginning
of my intensive month of learning another issue appeared. On which subjects should I set my priorities? Language,
history, language, history….. I came to the conclusion that I should probably
concentrate my attention on the four STEOP – exams and my two language courses.
As these six are the ones I have to pass in order to get into the second
semester. Now, halfway through my intensive learning period my brain is stuffed
with year dates, historical events, culture concepts and definitions, phrasal
verbs, vocabulary and sign language. That’s not a comfortable mixture I have to
say. I am already at this point where I start to do the most hilarious things
while learning. For example, my newest learning method is to spell the English
vocabulary with the finger alphabet. I guess whenever people see me learning,
the probably think I am crazy but whatever. With this method I can connect two
language subjects with an easy method. Speaking of methods, at first it was
difficult for me to remember all these important year dates but fortunately I
found a quite helpful method for myself. Last week I bought a great white board
where I can write all the dates and events on and can also connect them with
different colours. Whenever I see something illustrated it’s easier for me get
the connections and also remember the dates. Only the Prague Spring won’t stay
in my remembrance. Something about 1968, socialism, liberalism, the
Soviet Union, and an uprising, I believe. That’s a perfect example for how I am
mixing up subjects. While I am writing an English blog I suddenly bring up history.
That is quite weird I have to admit. Well, after I spent quite some time
thinking about the content of my post and with the writing of it, it’s now time
for another subject. It’s probably history, so that I can have a look at the
Prague Spring over and over again. 
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