Dictionary review transcription

Down there you can read what I said about the Collins Dictionary and my feedback.

"Hy, I am Carla. What I really like about the .. the Collins dictionary is that there is –äähm.. a fun site actually, which is called words and language. And for example they tell you the longest word in the Collins English dictionary, which is for example this one ..wups.. this one. Or it gives you words without any vowles which is (???). So this is all about the Collins dictionary."

Let’s start with what I liked about my part. I think I spoke quiet fluently without too many “äähms” and “mmm”. I think that my pronunciation was alright most of the time.

I am a little bit shocked about how I am starting my sentences. I used words like “and” and “or” to start a new sentence, which is absolutely nonsense.

I think the word “actually” in line 2 must not be there at all. In general, I messed up the word order and used words, which did not really fit.

My conclusion is everything else than good. I should have said if I like the Collins dictionary or what I disliked.

Roskilde festival/ The Orange Festival

You like listening to good music? You like having fun and meeting new people? Then the Roskilde Fetival in Danmark is perfect for you!

 Since 1971 the Roskilde Festival, also called the "Orange Festival" because of it's orange logo,  has taken place every year around june.

Every year there are around 30 000 volunteers working at the festival who don't get any money; still, they get the festival ticket for free.
There are another 100 000 visitors who attend the festival for a maximum of 10 days.
In general the festival is bigger and lasts longer than an usal Austrian festival. The first three days are called the "Warm up Days". During these days people mainly bring their own loudspeakers and play music from CD's. But no worries, there are also some live bands, who are basically new comers,  mostly from Danmark.
During the following 7 days you can listen to bands from each genre. You can find DJ's playing drum'n'base as well as Rock and Metal bands.
Among many unknown bands there are also some very famous ones such as Turbonegro if you like Metal or Rihanna if you rather prefer Pop.

What I personally like best about the festival is that it is a non-profit event. That means all the money they make from the festival tickets, food and drinks is used to cover their expenses. Of course there will be still much money left. This is given to humanitarian, cultural- and non-profit projects all over the world. Since 1971 the festival, or rather the Roskilde Festival Charity Society which stands in the back, has donated over 25 million euros to diverse charity organisations e.g. Amnesty International.
For those who want to support charity and like Converse you can buy Roskilde Converse which were specificaly designed for this festival. If you buy one of those the whole profit will also be donated.

Futhermore the whole city Roskilde takes part in the festival as you can see orange posters, paintings, flags and even couches and chairs all around the city. During the festival time they put some soft couches into the city park where homeless people can sleep or students study.
Another point is that most entries to cultural sights such as the dome or the vikings museum are either reduced or even free.

So if you are interested in joining this festival make sure to be free from the June, 28th 2014 to July, 6th 2014!!!!
I am looking forward to seeing you there!

 Down here you can see some of my awesome moments:

You want to see somebody really interesting - here she is! ;)

Hey guys,

I would really like to introduce you to one of my best friends - Claudia! We’ve been friends for 5 years, when we started attending the same class and since then shared lots of memories and crazy, funny moments.

She’s 19 years old and studies Anglistics in Innsbruck. English is her great passion, she doesn’t only speak English fluently but she has even won second place in an Austrian wide English competition two years ago.

Languages are only one of her various talents. Another one is music. She’s one of the best singers I have ever heard in my life, she plays the guitar perfectly without any professional lessons and also plays the piano. When she sang at our prom, some of my relatives even thought it was playback.

On the picture you can see another one of her talents – creativity. She’s got the ability to express herself, I mean her character and her feelings, not only through music but also through make-up. You will never meet Claudia wearing unsuitable clothes or make-up. If it’s a party she’ll wear some lipstick and mascara, if it’s Halloween you can see what she would look like on the picture. ;-)

Claudia is one of my best friends and one of the most interesting people in my life. Spending time with her is always great fun, it will never ever get boring and you can experience the most awesome things  – for example, sitting in front of a hotel all night long, because we're too stupid to take the keys with us.

Her biggest dream is to live and study in England as she’s always adored the country, the culture, the language and the mentality of the people living in GB. I wish her all the best to reach this goal and I am sure she’s the one who can do it!

8.10 - Meeting Ivan

Ivan isn't just a normal student at the ITAT. He's an Erasmus student from Moldova, where he studies German and English.
His mother tongue is Russian but he also speaks Romanian fluently.
As he obvious loves languages he won a scholarship which has allowed him to come to Austria. He'll spend 5 month in Graz where he wants to improve his German.
Unsurprisingly, he got a little problem with the "funny" pronunciation of the Austrians, especially because he has already been to Germany two times - as a consequence he is used to Standard German.