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NYU - German test is done - kckusek - 01-19-2007

Hello,
just a quick update, that I did the 16 credit German test from NYU today and my recommendation is, if you are not bilingual, don't do it.

There were no multible choise questions in this test.
The first section was listening to a silly text and answering 5 questions. (EASY). The second and third was a translation from German to English and from English to German. This was VERY hard. The text chosen for the German English translation had componants with cultural differences about the school system which (at least in my opinion) are not directly translatable:confused: . Getting a Bachelor in German is different and the school system in Germany in general is different. So translating this into English was really hard.
The second translation was about travelers from the 18th century. Your really need to have your vocablulary togetherCool .
The last was a 350 word essay about money spent on outer space...:eek: .

If you have the choise, go with the CLEP 12 credit, as this is a multible choise test, so even if you don't know the answer, you at least can guess. (not really possible with translations).

Keep your fingers crossed for me, and I keep my fingers crossed for youWink ,

Good luck,

Kckusek

NYU - German test is done - Johanna - 01-20-2007

Hey, I appreciate the feedback. I took the 12 credit German exam (easy) but was thinking about the 16 credit exam for Dutch ~ I think I'll wait till you get your results! Wink Keep us posted.

NYU - German test is done - hdave3 - 05-10-2010

Hey i also signed up for Gujarati test By NYU i was wondering if anyone can fill me in how it is and what do they ask.

NYU - German test is done - wb.john - 05-10-2010

Johanna Wrote:Hey, I appreciate the feedback. I took the 12 credit German exam (easy) but was thinking about the 16 credit exam for Dutch ~ I think I'll wait till you get your results! Wink Keep us posted.

If you want credits for Dutch, you might be able to use the BYU FLATS exam.

Foreign Language Achievement Testing Service--BYU

NYU - German test is done - nkovaci - 05-19-2010

Hi...

I took the 12-point Albanian exam a few weeks ago and am still waiting for my grade. Does anyone who has taken the NYU exam know anything about how it is graded? What do they usually deduct for? What if you were not able to translate a few words correctly, but got the general idea of the passage across? Are they usually tough with the grading?

It was more difficult than I had expected, so I'm definitely worried about my score! I know how to speak Albanian quite well, but there were some vocabulary words that I was not familiar with. Sad

NYU - German test is done - tester - 05-19-2010

Hi Kckusek: Do you have to send your results to ACE to evaluate or can you send directly to your university?

Good job on the test.