We live in a running world, where the education is one of the most important parts of our life. You now ask, how it belongs to 'the event of the year'. Well, I am an English - German major and in this semester I had my German proficiency exam, which is the first step to get closer to the German degree. I am writing my English proficiency now, but for me the German one was my hardest test of the semester or maybe one of the hardest. This zassesment shows, that you have done the basic subject, which includes Literature, Linguistics, Grammar, Geography, Language Practice and Writing Activities. It means that you have to collect 20 credit points and after it, you can try the exam. It has four points: grammar, translations - German - Hungarian, Hungarian - German, an essay and an oral part from one of the countries. It takes 3 days and last year, on the 15th - 18th - 19th of December I could done it. From 46 students only 13 of us got the proficiency test and I was - or may I say - I am very proud of myself.
At the German Department we have 3 main exams, and if you get the first, it means, you are able to get the other two.
I have never been good at the grammar, and I learned two months for the grammar part. It was my biggest success in my whole life, when I saw the result of the grammar part. I had 38 points from the 50 and there was just one better as mine.
Honestly, I think, this exam means that I am enough good in German to study more about it and later on to be a proficient zinterpretor in this language. It shows as well, that I can study more about phonology, lexicology, history, grammar etc. In one word: I can be better and more educated in the language which I have studied for 13 years and which I love. Of course I am closer to the degree and it makes me happy. Can I say, that this was my Christmas present from the University?
In my opinion these proficiency exams - I mean the English, the German, the Italian or the French etc. - are not fair with the student. Most of them cannot show the real knowledge and without them you just stay in one place.
On the other hand, they are good, because without them, there will be lot of teachers, zinterpretors or translators who cannot use the language in a right way.
After all, I have done it, and maybe later I will understand the complete meaning of them.
Now, I am sitting in the first line and trying to finish the last part of the English Proficiency Exam and I can just hope, that I will get it once time...
