Annäherungsleistungszielorientierung.
Yes, it's a word. It is used when talking about a certain type of motivation where the student tries to get good marks or do his schoolwork properly, in order to impress his peers or to make them think that he or she is intelligent, for example. They are motivated by opportunities to show off their specific know-how and competence.
By the way, if you ever get your hands on the book with the same title as this post, written by Mark Twain, it's a very good read, especially if you speak a bit of German...
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rob: the German language is apparently full with examples like this one. I especially loved Twain's translation, or rather tentative translation of the word "Zug".
I mean, seriously, if us non-native speakers don't really get "Zug", how in the world are we supposed to understand words with 35 letters???
I personally attribute my ability to understand Uni literature to my very creative imagination and capacity to guess what words mean...
;)
What's so difficult about "Zug"? According to Duden's universal dictionary, it has only 16 senses, plus 9 subsenses...
Supercalifragislisticexpiallidocious!
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