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Recipient Profile<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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E-mail: <\/b>mbollenb@nd.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

Language: <\/b>English<\/span><\/p>\n

Location of Study: <\/b><\/span>Dresden, Germany<\/p>\n

Program of Study: <\/b>Geothe Institut<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsors: <\/b>The Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures and the College of Arts and Letters<\/span><\/p>\n

Blog URL: http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/author\/mbollenb\/<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pre-departure<\/h1>\n

A brief personal bio:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Maddie Bollenbacher, and I am a rising junior Political Science major. I grew up in Dayton, Ohio with my twin sister who is currently attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Though I came to the University of Notre Dame knowing that I wanted to be a Political Science major, I had little idea about what I wanted to do or where my specific interests lay. After studying at Notre Dame for almost two years, I have found an interest in International Politics and hope to further this interest while studying in Dresden, Germany this summer.<\/p>\n

Why this summer language abroad opportunity is important to me:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

For me, becoming more fluent in German is important to both my long and short-term goals. After coming to Notre Dame, I realized that I wanted to study abroad during my spring semester in Germany as a part of Notre Dame\u2019s Heidelberg Program. For this program, it is required that students complete language courses through Intermediate German II. However, as a student who entered Notre Dame as a sophomore through the Gateway Program at Holy Cross College, I was unable to study German during my freshman year. Through the SLA Grant, I will be able to meet this requirement. Further, since studying at Notre Dame I have developed an interest in International Politics, and have considered pursuing a job in the State Department \u2013 for which knowing more than one language would be important. With the SLA Grant, I will come a little closer to reaching this goal.<\/p>\n

What I hope to achieve as a result of this summer study abroad experience:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

This summer while in Germany, I hope to greatly improve my German language skills \u2013 especially my speaking skills. While I hope to improve my German comprehension and writing skills, speaking is the main category in which I hope to improve. As a current German student, my listening and reading comprehension skills are much further ahead of both my writing and speaking skills. While in Germany in an immersive program, I hope that my speaking skills will grow from beginner to intermediate level, hopefully become more natural and instinctive. Additionally, I hope to gain a greater understanding of German language and culture which a classroom alone is not so equipped to provide.<\/p>\n

My specific learning goals for language and intercultural learning this summer:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

1. By the end of the summer, I will be able to speak, read, write, and listen at a level of proficiency equal to at least one semester beyond my current German placement at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

2. By the end of the summer, I will be able to read and comprehend a full book of average difficulty in the German language.<\/p>\n

3. By the end of the semester, I will be able to write in the German language at a proficiency level closer to that of my English writing.<\/p>\n

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Recipient Profile E-mail: mbollenb@nd.edu Language: English Location of Study: Dresden, Germany Program of Study: Geothe Institut Sponsors: The Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures and the College of Arts and Letters Blog URL: http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/author\/mbollenb\/   Pre-departure A brief personal bio: My name is Maddie Bollenbacher, and I am a rising junior Political Science … Continue reading Madison Bollenbacher<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}