Learning German while living in Germany has its challenges. At the core of immersion is making conversation, from everyday pleasantries to sharing ideas and hopes.
INTEGRATING GERMAN LANGUAGE INTO EVERYDAY LIFE
As with any new skill, spoken conversation takes practice. Classroom exercises facilitate exploration of how “real life” scenarios might play out.
Up until this point, each audition I had been granted offered an element of English. My first agent audition permitted English for all interactions outside of the audition itself – the registration process, finding a warm-up space, working with a new accompanist. In the audition room, only a little conversational German was required. I was able to give a brief introduction and respond to several simple questions regarding repertoire.