SFI

Today was the oral exam.. and it was very bad. I was paired up with another girl from Poland and I only met her for the first time in the exam room, so there wasnt anytime to interact. Plus her Swedish was better than mine and she was abit 'dao', that made me very nervous.

We had a 1-1 session first, and I did not even understand the question that the examiner posed to me. She had to elaborate and give examples before I sort-of get it. I was asked to talk about a situation when we were late. When I was ready, she switched on the mike/recorder and then she just stared at me. Well, so I blabber about a make-believe situation in broken Swedish, and I certainly wasnt able to talk for 4 minutes!!

The 2nd portion was a little better.. partner and I had to discuss about the important things to do during a job interview and at least we managed to hold a decent conversation without prompting.

After the exam, the Poland girl warmed up, and we were discussing that the first section was very difficult. She has to talk about a situation when she was lost and she also said she couldnt elaborate much.

Anyway, I can only wait for results end of the week..

The written part was ok, it was easier than past year papers that I have attempted, but its also because I have tried so many papers. Never been so hardworking on a holiday trip before, we were in Prague the weekend before Monday's 8am exam, so I was dutifully doing one paper every night. I could have done the studying before the trip, but oh well, as usual.