Surrounding myself with the English language | Anneke

1. In the autumn holiday my family decided to pay visit at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. My sister, mom and dad choose to take a Dutch guideline with them and I decided to get the one written in English. While strolling along the beautiful paintings and the information signs beside them it occurred to me that there were a lot of English spelling mistakes written on these signs. Finding out these mistakes made me actually feel kind of proud. Apparently, I'm better in knowing when to use a past form instead of a continuous form then the organization of the Rijksmuseum. Unless, Rembrandt van Rijn is still alive of course.

2. When I have time to read the papers in the morning I decide to read the British ones instead of the Dutch ones. For some reason it looks like that the BBC and the Guardian mention more about what is happening in the world. Therefore, I find it more interesting to read and it also improves my vocab and reading skills. A win win situation!

3. In school we speak English all day. However, my pronunciation is still not well enough. That’s why I asked fellow students to correct me whenever I'm making a mistake. As a result, I hope to get aware of the errors I make and improve these. Ow, and not only in school, but also on whatsapp we students communicate only in English

4. I'm not exactly living within a walking distance from school. Thus, I need to travel there using public transport. This costs me 50 minutes to get there and therefore I always take a book with me to read while travelling. At home I don't take time to read, so this is quite a good alternative. Also, since I started this education I decided to quit reading Dutch books and go on with reading only English ones. At the moment I'm reading Miss Peregrine's house for peculiar kids.

5. When surfing on the internet I make it a habit to look things up using only the English Language.