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Students who wish to study German at Mount Holyoke must fill out this Language Questionnaire in addition to taking a placement exam. Please answer all of the questions below to the best of your ability before submitting the questionnaire!

NOTE: If you are planning to spend your junior year in Germany or in a German- speaking country, you should normally elect a German course each semester of your first and second years at Mount Holyoke.

Last Name:
First Name:
Email:
How many years have you studied German?
  elementary school (use 0 if none)
  middle school (use 0 if none)
high school (use 0 if none)
If yes, how many classes per week?
How many minutes per class?

What textbooks did you use? List as many titles as you can remember!
Did you take AP German in high school? yes no
If you took the German AP exam, what was your score? Score:
Did you take an Achievement Test (SAT) in German?

yes no
If yes, score:

Did you ever take a college-level German course? If so, what was the title of the course and where did you take it?

yes     no

If yes, course title and school:

Have you ever lived or studied in a German-speaking country? yes no

If yes, where did you live and for how long?
Do you speak German at home? yes no
In your study of German have you:
 
yes
no
learned the grammar rules in German?
learned the grammar rules in English?
did you study all tenses?
subjunctive?
passive voice?
Was speaking in German emphasized? yes no
Did the teacher speak German?
always
frequently
infrequently
never
Did you and other students speak German?
always
frequently
infrequently
never
Did you give oral reports in German in class?
always
frequently
infrequently
never
While you were learning German did you work with:
 
yes
no
the Internet?
audiotapes?
videotapes?
films?
CD-ROMs or computer programs?

Describe how you used any of the above media for learning German!
What did you read in German?
   
yes
no
short passages on culture in textbooks?
poems?
plays?
short stories?
novels?

Please list the works and authors you have read in German class (as many as you can remember):
Were texts discussed
yes
no
in German?
in English?
How frequently did you write?
daily
weekly
infrequently
never
Did you write in German?
 
yes
no
  exercises?
  short papers?
  long papers?
Did your school have a language resource center or language lab?

yes no

If yes, how many times a week did you use it?

Did you use the Internet for language study
yes
no
in class?
in lab?
Are you interested in studying or having an internship in Germany or in a German-speaking country? yes no uncertain

Note: If you are planning to spend your junior year in Germany or in a German-speaking country, you should normally elect a German studies course each semester of your first and second years at Mount Holyoke College.

Describe a typical class meeting in the German course you are now taking or took:

 
Page created and maintained by Donna C. Van Handle.   Last modified on April 6, 2008.