Ho boy. It’s been a few weeks since I caught one of these posts.

Classes are on hiatus, so the formal learning is decaying. I’m supposed to start B2.1 this fall. It’ll be quite a ride.

My reading is still improving. The vocabulary for core words is getting smoother so I can keep up with more sentences on things like readerboards.

My listening is actually improving more than I expected. I was listening to a student describe their engineering project and got about 90% of the description from the German. I’m more often able to pick up short sentences now, where a few months ago they were just a series of noises and no distinct words.

I’m up to book 9 of Dragonball. The translation from German continues. Of course, we’re entering the era where it’s mostly just powering up during fights, but there’s still the fun insults to learn. Vegeta is still the best for those.

Speaking. Oh, the speaking. Small stubs of sentences come, but the flow isn’t there yet.

I’m down to about 258 days until I can apply for a permanent residency… assuming I have the requisite language certificate by then.