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Course Requirements:
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- Fill
out and turn in the necessary forms from MLC's Special Services
Office:
- Language pledge
- Release of Liability
- Register
yourself with Europa-Kolleg. This includes making a deposit with them.
- Obtain
a valid US Passport
- Prior
to arrival in Germany read the text The German Way available
from any on-line bookstore.
- While
in Germany abide by the Language Pledge which you signed and which is
on file in the Special Services Office.
- Attend
the Europa-Kolleg
in Kassel
for four weeks
- Stay
with a German host family.
- Prepare
for, attend, and participate in a “Summer
Intensive Course”. Unless you are ill, you must attend each session.
- Participate
in the school’s cultural outings.
- Keep
a daily journal for each day of the immersion program.
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Submit
a record of satisfactory academic work from the Language School to be placed into your permanent MLC academic
file by requesting from Europa-Kolleg the grades of your written
tests.
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All written work needs to be typed with double-spacing and a
one-inch margin. (All work needs to be on my desk by the end of the
first week of the following school year.
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- Please note: Upon arrival, the language school will test your language ability and place
you into the appropriate courses. All levels of instruction are
guaranteed, regardless of the number of registrants. Europa-Kolleg
will not group students of different abilities together just to fill
classes. Nor will classes be canceled because of insufficient
registration. Europa-Kolleg guarantees at least four levels of
instruction at all times. Classes are normally about 15 students
each.
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- Miscellaneous
- Europa-Kolleg is located in Kassel, a city in the middle of
Germany where people speak standard high German. Kassel is not a
romantic but obscure village whose few native inhabitants speak an
incomprehensible dialect. Kassel is large enough for students to
engage in a variety of activities, meet many different people, and
have a good time, but it is small enough for participants to feel
safe and comfortable. Since Europa-Kolleg is located only in
Kassel, the student can be sure of consistent quality.
- All Europa-Kolleg students are guaranteed to live with a German
family rather than in a dormitory with other foreigners. This is
very important since it is not always easy to make German friends
quickly with limited language ability. Life with a host family
also provides close insights into German culture.
- Europa-Kolleg classes are international. Judging from past
experience, Americans will be at most one-forth of the group. This
means that there are many opportunities to communicate in German
with others who are at a similar level of achievement. Observing
the reactions of other non-Germans also provides for a better
assessment of one's own ability.
- Europa-Kolleg's prices are low for the level of services
provided. The reason for this is that Europa-Kolleg is a
non-profit institution (only certified non-profit institutions may
have "e.V. [eingetragener Verein] in their name).
- Instructional quality is very high and consistent. Europa-Kolleg
ist not part of a larger bureaucracy. Its sole purpose is to teach
German in Kassel. Since the school is not allowed to make a
profit, all money is spent on instruction and extracurricular
programs. Most teachers have been with the school for many years.
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