Student Survey
Which of the following languages were offered at your elementary
school (through grade 5)?
French
Spanish
Italian
German
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Latin
Ancient Greek
Hebrew
Arabic
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
No languages were taught at my elementary school.
Which of the following languages were offered at your middle
school/jr. high school (through grade 8)?
French
Spanish
Italian
German
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Latin
Ancient Greek
Hebrew
Arabic
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
No languages were taught at my middle school/ junior high school.
Which of the following languages were offered at your high
school (grades 9-12)?
French
Spanish
Italian
German
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Latin
Ancient Greek
Hebrew
Arabic
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
No languages were taught at my high school.
Which of the following languages did you study before attending
college (exclude languages learned outside of classroom study)?
Beside each language that you studied, please write the number
of years that you studied it.
French
Spanish
Italian
German
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Latin
Ancient Greek
Hebrew
Arabic
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
I did not study languages before coming to Mount Holyoke College.
What language/s have you studied as a college student (include
classes taken at Mount Holyoke, other colleges, and while studying
abroad)?
French
Spanish
Italian
German
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Latin
Ancient Greek
Hebrew
Arabic
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
Other: ___________
I have not taken any language courses at Mount Holyoke College
because I satisfied the language requirement with previous coursework.
I have not taken any language courses at Mount Holyoke College,
but I plan to do so in the future.
If you have not taken any language
courses while attending Mount Holyoke College, please skip the
next question.
Which of the following answers represent why you decided to
study a particular language at Mount Holyoke College? You may
choose all applicable answers. (This question was printed several
times so that people who have studied several languages could
answer it several times.)
My language is ________________.
I've studied this language in the past and see no reason to start
anew.
I've studied this language in the past and hope to become fluent.
I'm interested in reading literature written in this language.
I hope to study abroad in a country where this language is spoken.
Knowing this language will be helpful in my future career.
I need to know this language to go to graduate school.
It's the language of my ancestors.
I'm curious about the cultures in which this language is spoken.
I'm interested in the linguistic bases of this language.
I thought this would be the easiest language to study in order
to satisfy my distribution requirement.
This language is widely spoken in my community.
I hear that Mount Holyoke College has a good program in this
language.
I think this is a beautiful language.
There are a lot of people in the world who speak this language.
Other: ____________________________________
How many semesters have you studied your language/s at Mount
Holyoke?
Language: _____________ for _______ semesters
Language: _____________ for _______ semesters
Language: _____________ for _______ semesters
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most difficult, how
difficult have your language classes been (if you have taken
more than one class in a specific language, estimate how all
the classes have been, on average)?
Language: ____________ Difficulty: _____
Language: ____________ Difficulty: _____
Language: ____________ Difficulty: _____
Do you consider yourself a good language learner?
Yes, I'm excellent at languages.
I guess so, I do pretty well.
Not really, it's not my strong point.
Not at all, I'm really bad at languages.
How successful have you been in your language courses? (If
you have taken more than one course, give an approximate average
for your grades.)
A, A-
B+, B, B-
C+, C, C-
D+, D, D-
F
Dropped the class before the end of the semester
Selected the pass/fail option for the class, and passed.
Rank the following languages by how difficult you think they
would be for a native speaker of American English to learn to
use fluently. Rank the language you think would be easiest #1,
and the language you think would be most difficult #11.
French
Spanish
Italian
German
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Latin
Ancient Greek
Hebrew
Arabic
I don't think it makes a difference.
Why did you answer as you did?
I am a:
First year
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Would you like to add any additional comments?
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