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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:05 am
Then why is it the only college course that gives you five credits? Nothing else gives you five credits or more. (except perhaps Russian, but I haven't seen a college near me that offers it.)
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:35 am
I don't think they necessarily base credit hours on how hard a class is. sweatdrop Or not entirely on that, anyways.
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:55 am
The hours thing just depends on how many hours (approximately) per week you're in class.
For example, my Chinese class meets three times a week, for 50 minutes (i.e. about an hour) each class. The class itself is 3 credit hours (an hour x 3 times a week), and then there's also a recitation for the other two days a week that's about an hour long (1:15, actually), which counts for 1 credit hour (despite the total of two and a half hours spent in recitation per week, so I guess it's kind of arbitrary), coming to a total of 4 credit hours.
But yeah, it has nothing to do with the difficulty of the class, because Chinese is my easiest class.
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:29 pm
Am so Annoyed.
Our PM John Howard wants to make an English test (and a Aussie Values test) Part of the Citezenship test.
All teh time ESL funding in Oz has been cut.
How are ESL teachers expected to help new arrivals with
less tiem and money?
Bloody politicians. Make them learn a 2nd langauge and see how long it takes them!
Here endeth the rant.
And to Americans under the "no Child left behind Policy" I know, you have had this in your country before.
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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:16 am
Ozumou Am so Annoyed. Our PM John Howard wants to make an English test (and a Aussie Values test) Part of the Citezenship test. All teh time ESL funding in Oz has been cut. How are ESL teachers expected to help new arrivals with less tiem and money? Bloody politicians. Make them learn a 2nd langauge and see how long it takes them! Here endeth the rant. And to Americans under the "no Child left behind Policy" I know, you have had this in your country before. Americans can't even pass their own citizenship test That policy proved we are dumb , I saw something on it, that we compared scores with Belgium and Belguim was smarter than us
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:22 pm
I think that English is a very hard language tolearn and that America is a sad place to be in!
We have the "No Child Left Behind Act" enforced, and many of our students are still not passing. It seems to me that America is the biggest, richest, and dumbest world power. How did we become one, if anyone could please inform me? ninja
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:41 pm
islanzadidrottning I think that English is a very hard language tolearn and that America is a sad place to be in! We have the "No Child Left Behind Act" enforced, and many of our students are still not passing. It seems to me that America is the biggest, richest, and dumbest world power. How did we become one, if anyone could please inform me? ninja It's because we (and possibly Great-Britian and other english speaking countries)expect EVERYONE TO KNOW ENGLISH and even In their own countries we do it heck some people in college don't even know how to read scream it's said I wish My great-grandmother had stayed in Denmark that way I wouldn't be speaking english (or just english anyway)
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:37 pm
Kokoroki islanzadidrottning I think that English is a very hard language tolearn and that America is a sad place to be in! We have the "No Child Left Behind Act" enforced, and many of our students are still not passing. It seems to me that America is the biggest, richest, and dumbest world power. How did we become one, if anyone could please inform me? ninja It's because we (and possibly Great-Britian and other english speaking countries)expect EVERYONE TO KNOW ENGLISH and even In their own countries we do it heck some people in college don't even know how to read scream it's said I wish My great-grandmother had stayed in Denmark that way I wouldn't be speaking english (or just english anyway) My goodness, that is SAD. Also, since we are a nation for all different races, we should NOT expect everyone to know English; it is unreasonable. If anyone wishes, they can ask me questions about English, since I have a pretty good grasp of the language.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:41 pm
islanzadidrottning Kokoroki islanzadidrottning I think that English is a very hard language tolearn and that America is a sad place to be in! We have the "No Child Left Behind Act" enforced, and many of our students are still not passing. It seems to me that America is the biggest, richest, and dumbest world power. How did we become one, if anyone could please inform me? ninja It's because we (and possibly Great-Britian and other english speaking countries)expect EVERYONE TO KNOW ENGLISH and even In their own countries we do it heck some people in college don't even know how to read scream it's said I wish My great-grandmother had stayed in Denmark that way I wouldn't be speaking english (or just english anyway) My goodness, that is SAD. Also, since we are a nation for all different races, we should NOT expect everyone to know English; it is unreasonable. If anyone wishes, they can ask me questions about English, since I have a pretty good grasp of the language. I think it's awful how lots of people in my school dropped their language once they got the chance, just because they thought 'Oh, everybody speaks English anyway!'
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:41 pm
Was "have" originally a verb, or did people only start using it instead of "have got"?
Also, are all Oxford Dictionaries British-English dictionaries only? My mother brouhgt me an American-English dictionary today, and thinking about it, I think it's the first time I've ever had or seen a specific one.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:45 pm
You guys, don't be so hard on yourselves. People of all nations are complete idiots, you don't really the world would be where it is today (or where it has been ever since monkies began walking on two) if you were the only ones with a problem, do you?
I'm not saying these people shouldn't be criticized, but there's so much stupidity outside of America, you shouldn't make it look like it's a fault only committed by your own country and Europe and Asia are the best examples of great education and marvelous behaviour. I think everyone should improve.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:58 am
Well I'm in Australia and I of course speak english fine, but I'm trying help one of my cousins in Vietnam to learn English. I was just wondering if there are any websites that have really good english audio.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:25 pm
Does being a writer count?
I'd really love you to pieces if you took a look at my Journal.
Link's in my sig.
*crosses fingers and hopes this isn't spamming*
Anyways, English, very widely used language and it was forced on us when they invaded us. We've been speaking it ever since, because of the Penal Laws.
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:09 pm
Eires heart Does being a writer count? I'd really love you to pieces if you took a look at my Journal. Link's in my sig. *crosses fingers and hopes this isn't spamming* Anyways, English, very widely used language and it was forced on us when they invaded us. We've been speaking it ever since, because of the Penal Laws. noo!yets not start that.look even if we werent invaded,&c we would be having to learn english as a foreign language like most countries as english is so a dominant language.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:54 am
Eires heart Does being a writer count? I'd really love you to pieces if you took a look at my Journal. Link's in my sig. *crosses fingers and hopes this isn't spamming* Anyways, English, very widely used language and it was forced on us when they invaded us. We've been speaking it ever since, because of the Penal Laws. Yeah, the English were well harsh when they invaded. I wish I spoke Irish as my first language (coz it's so cool compared to English), like my ancestors did (my grandmother spoke fluent Irish which is pretty cool) but I was raised in Britain so I speak English. Is the dialect of English spoken and learnt in Ireland the same as British English like I speak (e.g. spelling colour with a "u", pronouncing z as "zed", saying "tom-ar-to" etc)
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