How good is my German?
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The test was intended to show how exciting and revealing it can be to think about language and grammar, but also that surprisingly often language use cannot be forced into a right-or-wrong scheme. At the same time, it should become apparent that the constant change of language forces us to rethink traditional (pre-)judgments about certain grammatical structures.
The test was very well received, with over 200 people filling out the test sheet. Since it was possible to take the completed test, which was evaluated on site, our evaluation, which you can view here , is based on only 56 test sheets. Particularly revealing is the fact that the percentage of correct answers varies greatly depending on the question: from just under 30% to almost 90%.
Test takers were also asked to anonymously indicate their age and gender, occupation and native language on a separate sheet. This data, which you can view here , was provided by a total of 166 people. What is particularly surprising here is the interest in language issues regardless of age, the relatively even age spread from 12 to over 65, with students between 12 and 18 making up the strongest group at 25%. Less surprisingly, two-thirds of the subjects were women.
An impression of our lively German test booth at the Hessentag is given by these pictures.
Contributors:
Lecturers:
Vilmos Ágel, Diana Ernst, Andreas Gardt, Olaf Gätje, Monika Henkel, Miriam Langlotz, Annika Leistner, Christoph Müller and Katharina Siedschlag
Students:
Julia Boczkowski, Julia Heiderich, Marina Henter, Myke Hörner, Matthias Kranixfeld, Ingrid Kutz, Kim-Vivien Lichtlein, Natalie Schmidt, Laura Sievers and Maret Zepernick.