Walking with a dog

I am currently in the exam period and I must admit that, as I am an extremely stressed person, it is not so easy all the time to keep my "zen attitude"! Today for example I had two times to write an exam, one in the morning, one in the afternoon and I am so exhausted right now that I don't really know how I can even stay awake on the computer, knowing that I woke up at 6am for studying a bit more.

Maybe some persons will say ... "what a girl! She complains so much!"

The fact is I study abroad and of course, my exams are either in German or in English. So it requires concentration, much more I would say than when it is your own language.

I have been abroad for the last 10 months in Germany. It is a really interesting experience to live here and I would recommend it to every one, except if you want to improve your English skills.

I am not kidding, I think my English got worse by being in Germany.

I am all the time with people who speaks improper english (can we say that??) and I started to copy their mistakes. Orally I hardly put a S now when it is third person singular while using verbs, I forget the plural, I use some expressions that DO not exist! Things that did not happen to me earlier. I don't really know what to do about this.
But please, don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that people speak bad English, I made mistakes earlier of course and I didn't wait for them for being imperfect in that language, of course not, but I have this feeling that my level got a bit less than what I would like it to be.

But what can I do? I cannot correct them (because sometimes I don't even hear the mistake), and I cannot help myself from remembering these mistakes in my mind.
Teufelkreis, as they say in German, which means viscious cercle!

Does anyone have an idea what I could do to avoid that?

Thanks a lot for reading.
Wish all of you a very nice day
XOXO

Gwen

You can always investigate with a friend, colleague that is a Native English speaker. italki's an awesome medium, as well!