Danish Exam

Yesterday I had an oral exam for my Danish class. We did the exam with a partner and the exam was 15 minutes long for two people. I was tested by my Danish teacher and another teacher. We had to be prepared to speak on two topics (we could pick two from a presentation about ourselves, our housing, or our homeland) and three stories that we had read. When we got to the exam, we drew a card to determine which topic we would speak on. We then had to talk for about a minute about our chosen topic and then the examiner asked us questions for four more minutes.

I drew the presentation about myself. I was happy about this because that's the easiest. I talked about how old I am, where I'm from, my family, etc. Afterwards, most of the questions were about Juliana: Why does she live in Bulgaria? What do we like to do together? When will I see her next?

For the second part of the exam, we had to ask questions about a picture. We were given a picture with people doing something and had to ask questions about them and the examiners answered the questions. This part was easy because you could ask pretty much the same questions about any picture: What are their names, what are they doing, is he married, etc.?

At the end of the exam, both my partner and I passed. I was told that I need to work on my prepositions, which I totally agree with. Overall, I'm really pleased with how much Danish I've learned while I've been here. I still don't know very much, but even though I spend most of my time in an English-speaking context, I've picked up a lot from being here.