Monday, September 27, 2010

German Learning Session

Exclusively for our members:

Fancy a chance to practise the cool new German vocabulary you have learnt?
Wish to ace your incoming German oral examination?
If you answered ‘Ja!’ to any one of the above, this is the event for you!

The NUS Students' German Society is proud to present the latest ‘German Learning Session’:

Date: 30 September 2010, Thursday
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Venue: Yusof Ishak House (YIH) Training Room 2

This is your opportunity to mingle with fluent speakers of the German language and in the process improve your fluency in the German language. You will also get to learn new vocabulary, polish up your grammar and benefit from our scenario-based practices where you can learn how to use the German language in the various situations, which will aid you in your exam preparations.

Send us an email at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com should you have any questions to ask!

Event Happenings in September

The NUS Students' German Language Society has been involved in two events so far, since the start of the new academic year (2010-2011) this August.

The first, German Day, held on 8 September 2010, was a collaboration with the German Embassy in Singapore, the Goethe-Institut, the DAAD, the German European School, as well as the NUS International Office and Centre for Language Studies. The NUS Students' German Language Society was involved in the NUS Students' German Choir and several of the German games booths and quizzes.

Here are some photographs taken on that day, in case you happened to miss out on the action!

NUS Students' German Choir performance. Die Lieder: Die Gedanken sind frei, Abendstille und Ode an die Freude.

Authentic German food and Apfelschorle courtesy of the German Embassy

One of the "Seriously silly German games"

Admiring the "Mein Deutschland" photo exhibition!
More photos can be found on our Facebook page.



Saturday, September 11, 2010

A Formal Invitation to Stammtisch

Are you feeling stressed in school? Do you wish to have more opportunities to learn about German language and culture? Do you wish to meet people to practice German with? If you do, come join us!

The German Society invites YOU to Stammtisch! Join us next Thursday at The Deck to be greeted by a canteen that does not look like any other during a typical school day. Get to taste simple German fare (such as German sausages, potato salad, etc.), meet with lots of friendly people, practise German and share experiences with one another!

Prices are charged at $2 for members and $4 for non-members. We hope to see you there!

Stammtisch
Date: 16 September 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: The Deck, NUS Arts Canteen
Ticket Price: $2 (members) / $4 (non-members)

For further enquiries, contact us at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com.

P.S. You may purchase the ticket in advance next Monday to Wednesday, from any sub-committee or committee members in your German lecture group or contact us, to reserve a place.


Friday, September 10, 2010

Thank you

Hello everyone,

I would just like to say a big Thank You to all of you who helped out for German Day! I had a lot of fun, and I am sure you did too, (especially those people who won 50 000 Euros in cash=) Thank you for all your hard work, be it coming faithfully for practices, coming down at 9 am to set up the benches, mounting the photos and captions, or simply being so enthusiastic and participating in all the games and quizzes. This is only the start of the semester, and it has been brilliant so far. The German Society looks forward to all of your support for our next few events too!

To thank you for all of your hard work, the German Society is warmly inviting all of you to Stammtisch on Thursday. In case you didn't get to try pretzels and german sausages at German Day because you were simply too busy running around, we will specially prepare German food and drinks for all of you. You can also look forward to games and get to know the other members of the club as well.

We hope to see you on Thursday at the Arts Canteen at 7.30 pm. Bis dann!

Regards
Rachel Tan
President
The German Society

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Choir Performance on German Day

Dear all,

The German choir will be performing on German Day (8 September 2010) at the Central Forum at 11.15am. Do come down and show your support!

Choir Members: Please be reminded that we are meeting at 10.30am tomorrow. Dress code is light-colored top and dark-colored bottom.

Thank you.

Sunday, September 05, 2010

Schedule for German Day

German Day, the German event in NUS of the year! Do head down to the NUS Central Forum this Wednesday and give us your support. You're guaranteed to have fun with all the exciting events we've planned.

See you there!

Help Needed for German Day!

Dear friends of the Society,

We need people to help with the pasting of photos for the "Mein Deutschland" photo competition! If you are free any time from 9 AM to 2 PM this Monday (6 September), please head down to the CLS Meeting Room at AS4 Level 5 and lend us your help! You'll be able to take a sneak peak at the beautiful photos that were submitted for the competition. You don't have to stay for the entire duration of 5 hours, so just come down whenever you are free!

We also need a few friends who are free on Wednesday morning (8 September) to help put up the photos for the photo exhibition before the event. If you are interested in helping out, please come down to the Central Forum at 9 AM on Wednesday. Thanks!

Saturday, September 04, 2010

3rd International A Cappella Festival

The A Cappella Society is holding their 3rd International A Cappella Festival this October. This year's festival features 3 German a cappella ensembles, Niniwe, Vocaldente and Klangbezirk!

Their society is extending a discount of $30 per ticket to our members. If you have a UOB credit card, it will be $25 a ticket (with a minimum purchase of 2 tickets). There are other promotions available also, which can be found in the attached information sheet.

You may use the ticket booking form provided here.

More information and latest updates for the festival can be found on their website at www.a-cappella.org.sg.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

German Choir Practice Schedule

Here are the last two Choir Practice dates before the performance on German Day!

  • 3 September 2010, Friday, 7:15 PM (LT10)
  • 6 September 2010, Monday, 7:00 PM (Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Ensemble Room 1, Level 3)

For the String Quartet, please meet at 6:30 PM for additional practice this Friday (3 September 2010) at LT10.

For Friday's practice, we will be meeting at LT10 instead of YST. Please take note of the change in venue.

On Monday, we will be meeting at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Ensemble Room 1 (Level 3). Late-comers are free to join as well.

For those currently not in the German Choir but would still like to join, it isn't too late! (Non-members are welcome too.) We'd like to invite you to come down for our Practices. If you have further queries, feel free to contact us at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com.

See you there!