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Report from the Field – Charlotte Dincher
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29 thoughts on “Report from the Field – Charlotte Dincher”
The Krauts have often been ahead of the curve with language teaching– note that when you travel internationally, it’s Krauts (and other Nordic folk) who speak English (and often a third language) better than Yankees and us Canucks. (In my experience the least 2nd-lang-proficient young folk are Yanks and French.
I think if you’re gonna sell this to Ze Fery Efficient Chermans you will want to provide lots of statistics to show that, ja, mit diesem neuartigem TPRS geht’s den Schüler doch ganz gut. We Krauts like our data.
Gutes Glück!
You are quickly becoming my favorite commenter here, Chriz.
Thanks 😀
Do the others know your last name means “proud” in German? Well, I think you can be.
You honor us too much if you say that we speak English better than native speakers, though.
Will I see you at the conferences?
Well Charlotte, based on all your posts, I thought you were a native speaker of English who had moved to Germany. So you have native-sounding English to this American!
Thanks! It is becoming my second nature and it certainly takes up around 50% of my daily life, too.
That’s wonderful, Charlotte! And I’m sure that it’s no coincidence that there are several people from Germany already signed up for the TPRS Workshop in Agen this summer. Martin Anders and some of his colleagues are coming, so for the time being the Germans now outnumber the Spanish and the French. And the Americans. It’s going to be quite international. I’d love to see your presentation. And I’m sure that doctoral dissertations are the way to go to make TPRS more “respectable.”
Thanks Judy. I’d have loved to come to France aside from the fact that I don’t speak French very well and I am going to the US this summer. But hopefully we can meet up some time soon. Maybe you even feel like coming to the Zürich conference on learning languages through storytelling and reading?
I’d love to go to Zurich. It sounds interesting. Send me the details.
But we need to solve the high cost of lodging in Dallas and San Diego. That’s the big deal right now so Charlotte can rest her mind about that. Ideas for that? Anyone need a roommate?
I know that on the NTPRS site there is a link here http://ntprs.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/find-a-roommate-2/#comments
for finding roomates to split the 100 dollar cost of a hotel room. I just signed up yesterday and am looking for a roommate myself (if anyone is interested).
Outside of that I don’t have great ideas…. you can always try AirBnB. That is what I am going to do if I can’t find a roommate.
Here is a list of all the apartments or rooms that they have for under 65 dollars a night.
https://www.airbnb.com/s/dallas-tx?price_max=65
If anyone is truly adventurous they could try couchsurfing, which is free. I was quite involved with that group down in South America and had great experiences.
Thanks a lot David. I will check out the AirBnB. I was thinking of couchsurfing as well. Especially for the time between the two conferences.
Charlotte ,
You are welcome to stay with me in Dallas in the hotel at no cost to you.
I would pay for it anyways. Let me know ….
Sabrina, wow, that is so incredibly sweet of you. Thanks a million, it would really help a lot. If a double room is more expensive than a single room, I’d be happy to pay the difference and some.
Oh, and you can let me know if you’d like me to get you anything special from Germany.
Charlotte,
You need not pay anything, I’ m happy to help . As for your request to bring back something from Germany. Well, can you bring back Mozart to life for a day and ask him to perfom The Marriage of Figaro for me , just one time? Tell him I have heard many versions but never the original one and I m sure that one would be the best.
I second your request, Sabrina! And, if you’ll excuse his Polish roots, maybe you can bring Chopin back to life for a day so I can hear him play his entire piano opus and have a chat with him. THAT would be something.
Greg,
Iras-tu aux conferences cet été. Tu es vraiment trop cool et je veux te rencontrer!
BIER
It shames me to say that the request for beer would be possible to fulfill (although the weight on the plane would probably make it the most expensive bottle of German beer ever), whereas Mozart opposed all my attempts to resurrect him for your pleasure.
And big contratulations to you Charlotte!
THAT is fantastic. It does seem like german people are more open to change in general. Yes the french are stuck in their way , and I can say that b/c I am one of them ( French but not stuck) .
But now with Judy they’re being so proactive and the greatest spokeswoman for CI and TPRS , may be things will change. Also when I m tired of living here may be be I’ll move back there and I can help her bring about some change.
The world is full of possibilities, and we are such a small group, but we re a loud one that s for sure.
oops typo I meant with Judy there and not they’re. That s ok to act like a 4 % here on this blog right?
Charlotte here is Sabrina’s email address – sounds like a generous offer:
ssebbanjanczak@yahoo.com
A most generous offer. Thanks to you, too.
I am laughing my head off at the thought of TPRS in Cherman, which I associate with Wagner, Bier and invasions of Poland: “Der blaue Beer mit den roten Zähne findet in Russland kein iPhone…und deswegen fahrt der blaue Beer nach Texas.”
Der blaue Bär braut sein eigenes Bier, denn in Texas gibt es kein Bier, nur Wasser 😛
I would contact Carol Gaab to see if she has anyone looking to share housing as well..couldn’t hurt. So glad to have you in the group Charlotte!!
with love,
Laurie
I will, thanks.
Looking forward to meeting you, Charlotte. Sounds like you have exciting plans. Ich gratuliere! Bis bald, Charlotte
Yes! Have you heard about the book “Das doppelte Lottchen”? If we look alike we could swap places. Ah, no, it wasn’t the same name, it was the looks, right. Never mind. But I look forward to meeting you.