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Thatcher Language & Culture House Application

Please be sure to read the Thatcher Language & Culture House Explanation on the website before you complete this application.
If you have questions or need assistance, please email rap@acad.umass.edu.
Application deadline is Sunday, February 19, 2017.
1.Your full name (last, first, middle)(Required.)
2.Campus Address(Required.)
3.Cell phone #(Required.)
4.UMass email address(Required.)
5.UMass Student ID #(Required.)
6.Academic Major(Required.)
7.Academic Minor
8.Are you an international student?(Required.)
Yes
No
9.Are you an exchange student?(Required.)
Yes
No
10.Are you in the Commonwealth Honors College?(Required.)
11.What class year are you currently?
12.What is your current GPA?(Required.)
13.Why are you applying to be a member of Thatcher Language & Culture House? Please include thoughts about your interest and/or experience with cultural diversity.(Required.)
14.The Thatcher Language & Culture House seeks students who will be engaged in our living & learning community. Have you ever been a member of a living learning community (ie; previously participated in Thatcher, a RAP, etc)? If so, please describe what was meaningful to you about that experience. If not, please explain what you expect a living & learning community might be like.(Required.)
15.The Thatcher Language & Culture House seeks students who wish to take an active role (as a leader OR participant) in social and academic programming outside the classroom. Please explain any experience you have leading or participating in co-curricular activities (student groups, organizations, etc) or civic engagement.(Required.)
16.How might YOU contribute to the social/academic programming and campus outreach as a member of Thatcher community?(Required.)
17.Which program are you applying to?(Required.)
18.Please rank your current level of speaking in the following languages:(Required.)
Intermediate
High Intermediate
Advanced
Near-Native
Native
None
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
19.Please rank your listening comprehension in the following languages:(Required.)
Intermediate
High Intermediate
Advanced
Near-Native
Native
None
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
20.Please indicate your experience history with a language other than English. Be sure to add details in the comment box.(Required.)
Yes
No
Language Learner: exposure has been through formal study or travel experience.
Heritage Speaker: raised in a home where the language is spoken, may understand better than you speak.
Native Speaker: the target language is your first language, or the one you speak best.
21.List all relevant language and culture related courses you have taken in the past 3 years. Include course name, number, the semester/year and the name of the school where you took the course.(Required.)
22.As mentioned on the program explanation, there is a minimum enrollment requirement for each program in order for the related course to be offered. Please respond to the following questions to help us make final decisions.(Required.)
Yes, I would enroll in the course
No, I would not enroll in the course
If you applied to a Language program and there are enough students for the course to be offered, would you be interested in ALSO enrolling in the Global Culture Program 2-credit course?
If you applied to a Language program and there are not enough students for the language course to be offered, would you be willing to enroll in the Global Culture Program 2-credit course?