German for Young Turks

Autostereotype and heterostereotype of Turkish school children in
Cologne junior high schools.

Topics: length of stay in the Federal Republic; attendance at a
preparation class; length of daily homework; school and discipline;
participation in class trip; personal attitude and assumed attitude of
Germans to common or separate school attendance of German children and
children of guest workers; nationality of teachers; knowledge of
Turkish by German teachers; classification of the relationship to the
teacher as well as to Turkish and German classmates; structure of
circle of friends; place of getting to know friends; desire for more
contact with Germans; reasons for possible lack of contact; detailed
assessment of knowledge of German and Turkish by respondent as well as
father and mother; participation of parents in a German course;
watching Turkish or German videofilms; radio and television habits;
frequency of listening to the radio language course ´German for young
Turks´ in one´s family; degree of familiarity of the language course in
personal surroundings; source of information about the language course;
assessment of the truth content of information spread by the media;
personal interest in German customs and assumed interest of Germans in
Turkish traditions; autostereotype of Turks and heterostereotype of
Germans; actual as well as preferred housing situation, measured on
proportion of foreigners in an apartment house; proportion of
foreigners in one´s residential area; place for leisure activities;
primary communication difficulties with authorities; reference person;
significance of nationality of future spouse; judgement of parents on
personal adjustment conduct; contentment with life; interest in German
citizenship; year of arrival of parents in the FRG; invitation of
parents to a visit with Germans; general judgement on Turks by Germans;
judgement on the future of Turks in the Federal Republic Germany;
personal decision to remain in the Federal Republic or return to
Turkey.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; family composition;
age and number of siblings; number of siblings born in Germany; part of
town in Cologne; year in which father or mother came to Germany;
occupational position of father, age of mother (classified); employment
of mother.

Interviewer rating: date; school form; year of school; preparation
class; number of schoolchildren in the class; number of Turkish
schoolchildren in the class; other foreign schoolchildren in the class;
part of town in Cologne where the school is.