Foreign Language Contests
Please use this information as a planning guide of various programs and tentative application dates. If you are aware of any additional programs we can add to our list to maximize student possibilities please forward to conleya@asmsa.org.
** The deadlines for red highlights have already past and will be updated after they publish their 2025 dates/costs. Please familiarize yourself with available programs so you can identify your interest, know the requirements, and be ready to apply when application is published and/or comes back around the following year.
Goethe-Institute International German Olympics
Program Grades: Students must be at least 14 and no more than 17 years old during the IDO
The International German Olympics is the largest German language competition and takes place every two years. The language level of the students should be A2, B1, or B2. There are some conditions that would exclude students from participation for fairness, please click on the link to view the conditions.
Application Deadline: October 8, 2023
Program Costs: Free
Program Grades: High school students
The National Japan Bowl is America's premier Japanese-language competition. Each spring the Japan-America Society of Washington DC welcomes 200 of the country's top high school Japanese language students to the nation's capital for the competition.
Application Deadline: January 29, 2024
Program Dates: April 18-19, 2024
Program Grades: High school students
Students take a 40-question, 45-minute exam and are awarded a range of certificates. There are seven exams that students can take based on proficiency in Latin.
Application Deadline:
Application Deadline for Paper Exam: January 26, 2024
Application Deadline for Online Exam: February 16, 2024