Working, working and relax;-)/Prace, prace a zaslouzeny odpocinek;-)

Having spent such a busy weekend we have to start working on our final paper- we´ve chosen the topic "Testing and evaluation in Denmark in comparison with the Czech Republic"- we´re finished on Wednesday and we spend the rest of the week walking through the town, shopping and enjoying the last couple of days that we´re having here...On Friday there is the trip to a nearby island Arö with Jette..we´re using a local small ferry to get there..it looks like there are no people inhabiting this small area separated from the penninsula..there is peace and calm everywhere..and beautiful nature..our impressions are a bit spoilt after we try to get to the sea through marsh and the result? Mud in our shoes, on our trousers and despair in our eyes...but it was still a nice day..:-)
In the evening we are invited to Jette for a dinner..it´s a great time being there with this nice woman and her friendly husband.. and we start to realize that our three month stay here is coming to its end and we feel sorry for it..:-(
We end the day at "galla party" at school (a kind of ball of students of the 3rd year from the seminarium) dancing, drinking (happy hour- 2 drinks for 20DK!;-))and saying goodbye to Thora and others who we won´t see anymore here.. and of course we can´t leave out our "old good" Friday Café where is the afterparty till 4 am. That was a perfect day...

Po nabitem vikendu je cas na praci..mame tyden na pripravu nasich finalnich prezentaci a sepsani zaverecne seminarky- s holkama jsme si vybraly tema: "Testovani a hodnoceni v Dansku v porovnani s CR"..ve stredu praci dopiseme a zbytek tydne travime relaxem, bloumanim po meste, nakupovanim..V patek vyrazime na posledni vyletek se skolou/Jette na nedaleky ostrov Arö..plujeme i malym trajektem..ostruvek je malinkej, nevidime zivacka, jen vsude rybarsky lodky a roztomily domecky..Projdeme ostruvek krizem krazem, potkame zvlastni kravicky Highland cattle (takovy chlupaty obri..) a mame v planu i odjit k majaku..cesta k nemu se ponekud zdramatizuje potom, co odbocime ze silnice a mirime si to k pobrezi..koukame ze se to pod nama zacina nejak podezrele propadat a najednou mame boty plny vody a blata (ja navic totalne spinavy kalhoty)..k tomu zacne poprchavat, takze pro nadavky si nejdeme daleko..:-) ale majak nakonec vidime, ale nejspokojenejsi jsme, az kdyz se muzeme v klidu usadit a rozdelat si nas "package lunch"(obidek)..cestou domu se dozvidame, ze je dnes tzv. "Crazy Friday" v Haderslevu, obchody maji otevreno do 22h, po celem meste jsou ruzne akce, ochutnavky, propagace vseho moznyho, na namesti koncerty a v obchodech vyprodeje!;-) v rychlosti to obehneme, vecer jsme totiz pozvany na veceri k Jette..ma krasnej velkej dum, usmevavyho manzela, kterej se k nam taky pripoji... a clekove ten vecer moc hezky utika..clovek si zacina cim dal vic uvedomovat, ze uz se blizi konec..:-( Po vece jeste padime na gala party do skoly (jakejsi ples 3. rocniku, pripomina to ty americky stredoskolsky plesy, jak to clk zna z tech teenagerovskejch americkejch filmu..) ..tancujeme, popijime (nevyuzij toho, kdyz jsou v "happy hour" 2 drinky za 20DK, vid!:-)), ale taky se uz loucime s Thorou, kterou uz do konce pobytu neuvidime...to je smutny..:-(pak se presouvame jeste do naseho staryho dobryho Friday Café, ktery ma dnes vyjimecne otevreno do 4 do rana..je to skvelej vecer...

Ugly party, lighthouse/"oskliva party", majak

The time is running..the first week of our teaching practice is over and we can enjoy the two free days...and the plans are already settled..On Friday night we´re heading to the Friday Cafe..tonight there is supposed to be an "Ugly party" so we´re all curious what it all will be about...we get to know shortly after we enter the cafe..everyone is dressed up in funny dresses to make himself/herself the most ugliest person in the club..and the following competitions are also somehow connected with the word "ugly"..(eating a cake and drinking a glass of beer in the most ugliest way:-), we cheer Manu but unfortunately another guy wins this contest..)We all enjoy the evening a lot, we might already realize that it is one of the last parties we´re visiting here:-( the night is still young so around 1a.m. we decide to go Ras where the group Edge is singing and we end up chatting in Huset..perfect night..
Saturday- another busy day because today I´m going with Kate nad her two friends Honza nad Lukas for a trip to Odense and afterwards to a lighthouse on the seacoast..The 12-km long walk along the seashore is something unforgettable and I can´t tire of the beautiful nature around us in the sunset..the day was long but it was one of the most interesting days I´ve spent here..
Sunday and relax in the gym (I overcome myself and ride a bike for an hour even if I can still feel the yesterday 12-km walk in my legs:-))..and in the early-evening work on our PowerPoint presentation about London (for our teaching next week)...

Cas tady posledni dobou primo padi, uz mame za sebou prvni tejden praxe a pred sebou dva dny nicnedelani..Na patecni vecer uz ale mame plan..ve Friday Cafe se kona "Oskliva party", tak se rozhodneme "ocekovat", o cem to cele bude...dozvime se to vzapeti, jen co vejdeme dovnitr..vsichni prevleceni do silenejch hadru s jedinym cilem: byt dnes vecer co nejosklivejsi a vyhrat tim padem nejakou cenu! Mimo to se celej vecer tak nejak nese v duchu slova "osklivy"(treba soutez sporadat kus dortu z tacku a zapijet to pivem a to cely "provadet" co nejodpornejsim zpusobem:-))Je to bezva vecer, dorazi i Katcini kamaradi z Cech Honza a Lukas, popijime, kecame, a cvicime nase tela u "limba"(podlezani pod tyci)..kolem 1 se ve Friday zavira, ale nam se jeste nechce razit domu, takze dalsi zastavkou je Ras, kde hraje skupina Edge. potom se presouvame do Huset (skoro samej chlap, jeste ze tam mam "svy bodyguardy"- Jesper, Tim. ...:-))..jj, super noc, skoda ze jedna z poslednich...
V sobotu jsem s Katou a klukama domluvena na spolecnej vejletek do Odense (sice uz jsme tam o Velikonocich byli, ale tak treba tam tentokrat objevime neco novyho..;-))..dopol si jeste projdeme Haderslev a necekane se nabastime, pres celou nakupni ulici se totiz tahne dlooooouhatanskej stul s obcerstevnim (housticky s maslem a konvice s kafem)- promo akce mistni pekarny...takze samozrejme neodolame a napakujeme se timhle krasne krupavym pecivem..mnam..:-)V Odense nechame kluky samotny si projit mesto, my s Katou vyuzijeme tenhle cas k prozkoumani tamnich hadrovejch kramu, pak spolecne zajdeme do "Baresso Cafe"- retezec kavaren po Dansku a vyletek zakoncime nadhernou prochazkou k majaku, kam teda musime nejdriv dotapkat po svejch a ze to neni jen tak nejaka sranda- 6km tam a 6km zpet, ale stoji to za to...ta priroda vsude kolem je krasna, k tomu zapad slunce, ticho, more, no proste balzam pro dusi..fakt skvelej zazitek..
Nedele je ve znameni relativniho odpocinku (kdyz budu povazovat hodinovou jizdu na rotopedu v posilce za relax:-)) a prace na powerpoint prezentaci o Londyne, kterou pouzijeme pristi tejden pri nasem uceni...

Celebration Party!/Narozeninova party!

Getting up after five hours of sleep has a big effect on me for the rest of the day:-)...pity that we´ve got just history lessons in the morning because we´re not able to concentrate on anything, not even on the interesting topic: local history ( Southern part of today´s Denmark-the area where also Haderslev is situated:-)- used to be a part of Germany in the past and there were some fightings all the time solving problems connected with it...We finished school already around noon and spent the day somehow hanging around....I was so exhausted after the yesterday going out(Crazy Daisy) that I almost fell asleep while watching the movie in the evening...and another "long night" is coming tomorrow!!!
It´s Saturday morning and I wake up with a terrible headache...I need to write to Kate I won´t be able to go to the gym with her as we settled yesterday...I must recover till tonight because I don´t wanna be missing at the main event of the day which is the CELEBRATION PARTY!!! Who celebrates? Three people at once- Tim, Daniel and Charlotte (having their birthdays one/two days after each other)...Then I still have to get out of the bed and meet girls to wrap our birthday presents, blow balloons and to "cook" pudding with jelly teddy bears:-)and shopping in Netto, Lidl and Kvickly..it´s raining, quickly home and nobody will take me out today anymore...:-) The three "honoured persons" have decided to prepare a dinner for all of us so they come to our place and the "hard job" starts and I´m involved in it as well, but voluntarily..:-) On the menu stands : tomato soup with cream and baguette, cold pasta with pickles and mayonnaise as starters followed by main dish- meat balls in curry sauce with rice as a side-dish and baked slices of squash and aubergine with a delicious mixture of black olives, almonds and vegetables on the top...and afters: chocolate mousse, "kekse cage" and cookies...sounds delicious, doesn´t it?!;) at 7p.m. the first "guests" start coming and the party can begin...There are 11 people in total (together with two German students and Kate-Boriess´s girlfriend and Gerard- Charlotte´s boyfriend)...it´s a pleasant evening...the end of the party is however ended in a bit unusual way- all of us finding out if we are drunk or not..:-)



Vstavani po peti hodinach spanku mi jeste porad dela problemy, ale do skoly se musi a noc stravena v Crazy Daisy za to stala:-) Cekaji nas tri hodky dejin...i kdyz posledne to nemelo chybu, dneska nejsme zrovna v tom nejlepsim stavu sledovat energickyho Jörna, jak nam zaujate vypravi o mistni historii...kolem poledne si docela oddychneme, ze uz muzeme padit domu a dospavat predeslou noc...vecer se jeste rozhodneme zhlidnout s Charlotte filmik ("Catch me if you can"), ale v pulce uzname, ze uz dyl nevydrzime udrzovat se v bdelem stavu a zabalime to...zejtra nas ceka dalsi jizda..:-)
Je sobota rano a ja se probouzim se silenou migrenou, v noci jsme kvuli tomu ani moc nespala...sakra, zrovna jsme chtely jit s holkama do posilky, ale to holt budu muset ozelit a misto toho se dat do vecera dokupy...udalosti dnesniho dne je totiz narozeninova oslava!!! Kdoze slavi? Mame hned tri oslavence- Tim, Daniel a Charlotte- maji narozky za sebou s odstupem 1,2 dni...Po nejakym to vyvalovani se v posteli s rucnikem na hlave jsme prece jen nucena vstat a naklusat k holkam, abysme zabalily darky pro oslavence, nafoukly balonky a udelaly pudink s gumovejma medvidkama...mnam:-)pak jeste vlitnout nakoupit do Lidlu,Netta a Kvickly a rychle domu, prsi..ven uz me pro dnesek nikdo nedostane...kolem 17h zacneme varit- oslavenci se totiz rozhodli, ze pro vsechny uvari veceri, a ja jim vydatne pomaham..:-) Na jidelnicku je jako predkrm uvedena rajcatova polevka se smetanou a bagetou, studena misa testovin, jako hlavni chod masove kulicky v kari omacce s ryzi, pecene platky cukety a lilku s vybornou smesi nadrobno nakrajenych cernych oliv, mandli a zeleniny navrchu...a dezert: coko mousse(pena), kekse cage a susenky...prvni "hoste" prichazi kolem 19h, takze party muze pomalu zacit...popijime, papkame co hrdlo a zaludek raci, az jsme vsichni k prasknuti, poslouchame music (Belgicani nam na youtube ukazou jak se tancuje dneska v Belgii- znali jste "tectonic" styl?-neco jako machani rukama na vsechny strańy, ale pozor clk k tomu musi mit i zvlastni ohoz a uces- uzky kalhoty a vystajlovany delsi vlasy:-)))...celkove to byl moc prijemnej vecer, kterej jsme zakoncili ponekud nevsedne...pokousejice se zjistit jestli jsme opili nebo ne...:-)

Bilingualism and Crazy Daisy:-)/Dvojjazycnost a Crazy Daisy:-)

The morning exercise in the school gym starts our body and mind for the rest of the day (in the morning we had no lessons) and we go to school only for two hours, namely the lecture of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Piske from the German University of Education in Gmünd, with the title "Bilingual Language Acquisition"...that was most interesting two hours filled with a topical theme- the earlier you start learning a foreign language the better...We got to know that there are nursery schools in Germany, which follow the "one person- one language approach"(i.e. there are two teachers, one speaks only English the whole time and the other the native language), so the "bilingual environment" is settled from the very young age of children and quite spontaneously...this approach goes on through higher levels of Northern German education at primary and secondary schools, of course with certain changes...(at primary schools children are taught, except for German language, all subjects in English; at secondary schools in most cases, two subjects are taught in a foreign language, mostly in English or in French). We also discussed some frequently asked questions in connection with bilingualism,e.g. "Do parents have to speak the foreign language when they interact with their children?"(No, they should support their children´s native language), "Do all students benefit from bilingual programs?"(At first parents should make sure that their children´s first language can develop in an age-appropriate way)..and finally the whole lecture confirmed the opinion that students in bilingual programs are then better learners in other subjects and can express their subject knowledge in their first language even better than those who study only in their native language...everything sounded amazingly, the "only" problem may be to find enough teachers who are able to conduct lessons in the subjects such as geography, biology or mathematics in a foreign language...:-)In the evening we met to visit the local disco Crazy Daisy(there is free admission on Thursdays:-))..at 23:30 and almost nobody in the club...well, doesn´t matter we came to enjoy ourselves, so immediately on the dancefloor and dancing, dancing till fatigue!;-) Not bad, but the music could have been a bit different(my "blood group" is r´n´b and stuff like this and the Dj didn´t seem to know such a kind of music at all!:-)) but fine, we lost the "redundant energy" through dancing and that´s what we wanted!;-)

Po dlouhe dobe nemame rano skolu, tak si s Katou skocime na chvili do posilky zaslapat na rotopedu...pak nas ceka jedina prednaska toho dne s prof.Dr. Piske z Univerzity z Gmündu s nazvem" Dvojjazycnost"...cely dve hodiny jsou uzasne zajimavy a cele se to toci kolem diskutovaneho tematu, ze cim driv se dite zacne ucit cizi jazyk, tim samozrejme pro nej lip...proto se rozbihaji, nekde uz jsou dal, dvojjazycne programy, ktere prave vychazi z tohoto nazoru a zacinaji uz malym detem v materskych skolach vytvaret dvojjazycne prostredi... konkretne jsme mluvili o severnim Nemecku(kde prof. uci) a dozvedeli jsme se, ze v materskych skolach jsou vzdycky dve ucitelky, z nichz jedna mluvi jen anglicky(cizim jazykem), pak je tam druha, ktera rodnym jazykem...dite si tak pomalu a nenasilne zvyka komunikovat v cizim jazyce, i kdyz v tehle fazi spis jen prijima info, nez by samo produkovalo...na zakladni skole se pak vyucuji vsechny predmety, krome rodneho jazyka, v anglictine....dite si tak osvojuje i odborne terminy v cizim jazyce a je pro nej pak naprosto prirozene bavit se i o odbornejsich vecech prave treba v anglictine...diskutovali jsme i o casto kladenych otazkach, treba jestli deti, kdyz se uci dane predmety jen v cizim jazyce, jsou pak schopni o veskere naucene latce hovorit i ve sve materstine...(odpoved: urcite, a co vic, dosahuji lepsich vysledku nez jejich vrstevnici, kteri nejsou zapojeni v techto dvojjazycnych programech...duvod: kdyz se uci v cizim jazyce, nuti je to obecne vice premyslet o danem problemu, tim padem pak naucene latce lepe rozumi atd.)...dalsi otazky se tocily i kolem mensich deti...jestli treba rodice musi pak na sve dite i doma mluvit danym cizim jazykem..(odpoved: ne, naopak by se meli soustredit na to, aby diteti poskytli pevne jazykove zazemi co se tyce jeho rodneho jazyka, protoze cim lepe dite ovlada svuj matersky jazyk, tim snadneji se uci ten cizi)...no kazdopadne bylo to moc moc zajimave...

vecer jsme pak vyrazili vsichni na mistni diskoteku Crazy Daisy...i kdyz uz bylo kolem 23:30, byli jsme v klubu skoro sami...ale neva, prisli jsme se pobavit a to jsme taky delali:-)...vritili jsme se hned na parket a poradne si zatancovali...i kdyz teda hudba nic moc(ja fanda r´n´b..niceho takovyho jsem se nedockala)..ale chtela jsem se vytancovat, a to jsem splnila:-)

Carneval/Staying at home:-)

Friday... and the first lesson of citizenship...I´m quite curious what this modul will be about..At first we´re talking about what it means to be an "active citizen" (feeling of belonging somewhere, awareness of duties and rights) and we get to know that the issue citizenship was discussed a lot in Denmark in previous years..we´re also discussing what it means to become a citizen of Denmark (demands and restrictions put on immigrants who want to settle in a new country- we compare the situation in Denmark with our countries)- I´m quite surprised to hear that the "waiting time" after one can ask for citizenship in DK is 7 years..(quite a long time)..plus there is a certain kind of test one has to pass...Quite an interesting information for me in this lesson is the fact that Danish people are very keen on membership of various kinds (members in different clubs and organisations), which is a part of their perception of citizenship (sense of belonging somewhere)..However, talking about this issue for three hours (on Friday!) is quite tiring and we all look quite exhausted when the lesson is over... But the image of evening carneval cheers us up..:-)
the evening is already here...but what/who will we disguise for? At last we agree on the Czech flag:-) Sylvi is red, Kate blue and me "innocent white":-)...we just put on the jumpers in these colours and are ready to go...but what a surprise when we find out that the entrance costs 50DK (originally we supposed it would be free:-))...well a bit disappointed we leave for girls´ place (still it´s too much money for us, you know:-)) and have a nice "Erasmus evening" chatting at some bottles of wine, whiskey and Jelzin:-)

Je patek a ceka nas hodina, kdy si mame povidat o obcanstvi...jsme pred tim dostali asi 20strankovej text k precteni, ale jen ti odvazni ho precetli celej (podotykam, ze ja byla ta zbabela:-))...nejak nas tohle tema asi nechytlo, asi moc abstraktni, tezko se o nem dalo hloubejc mluvit, ale fajn, s vidinou vecerniho karnevalu jsme ty tri hodky ustali..:-) za co se ale prevlict? s holkama usilovne premejslime, nakonec volba padne na nasi ceskou vlajku...oooo, jak jsme patrioticky, ze..:-) hlavu si s tim zrovna nelameme, proste na sebe vezmeme kazda svetr v jedne barve a jde se...jenze ouha, nase mila buddy nam jaksi zapomnela rict, ze se plati vstup (50DK), s cimz my jsme samozrejme nepocitali...:-) trochu nastvany jsme nakonec usoudili, ze bude lepsi pro zacatek takovy penize setrit(clovek nikdy nevi, ze) a zakotvili jsme u holek na byte...nakonec jsme nelitovali a stravili prijemnej vecer u lahvi vinka, whiskey a Jelzina:-)