In the evening, after dinner, the immigrants arrived at the temporary school.
The sound of recitation drifted from inside.
"Danke!" (Thank you)
"Danke!"
"Auf Wiedersehen!" (Goodbye)
"Auf Wiedersehen!"
The hastily built school was crammed with people "earnestly" learning German.
"When someone helps you, you should express your gratitude by saying Danke. Now read after me," Lovos Ryan told the students.
"Danke!"
"Eggshell!"
Aside from the Germans and some immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the remaining immigrants basically knew no German.
Now, they were forced to attend lessons in cramped classrooms.
The students were divided into different classes according to their languages. Many illiterate old farmers from the Austro-Hungarian Empire had even become teachers.
They were mainly responsible for immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who spoke only local dialects.
One should not hold out too much hope for these immigrants' ability to learn. The East African Colony only taught them a few simple words and phrases, enough to meet their early needs in the colony.
After all, German was the only common language shared by everyone in East Africa. Even without German lessons, some people would still manage to teach themselves.
This was not uncommon, especially in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In regions where two languages met, many people could speak both, but if asked to pick up a pen and write down what they said, they might not even recognize the words.
The East African Colony's teaching for these adults therefore focused on speaking, and did not require them to learn how to write.
Quite a few German immigrants were the same, able to speak but not write. They were mainly too old for it to be realistic to have them study like primary school children.
The method of adult education was also very simple: repeatedly learn through things everyone