Morning all, I was just checking through my email and found that Yahoo had detected 3 messages directed towards the owner and moderators of Germany-English...
Forwarded by Dennis ... -- Apologies for cross-postings FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS IATEFL TTEd / VHS conference in Cologne, Germany, 18-20 June 2004: 'Teacher...
Dear colleagues, ... Please see below for info about our Cologne conference. Remember that you are more than welcome to come along and give a talk! We'd love...
I am writing something as a PowerPoint presentation - English version - but my Windows is in German. Quotation marks - " " come out the German way, i.e. (I...
Dennis, my system is also German; therefore I don't know the English names. According to what I know you open a new document, then you click on "Format". In...
Dennis I have German Windows and German Power Point, and I think your problem is easily solved. Go into Extras, then "Sprache" and set up your PP document to...
Bruce Carnevale
Bruce.Carnevale@...
Mar 3, 2004 8:25 am
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Hi all does anyone here know if a non-German EU national (who is married to a German) can become a Beamte? Best wishes Kiki [Non-text portions of this message...
Dennis, you have to change the language for EACH slide (just do a STRNG A to slect the text, then under extras, Sprachen, then English (whichever version you...
Question: "Does anyone here know if a non-German EU national (who is married to a German) can become a Beamte?" Answer: The no-nonsense answer is, "No!". You...
Do bilingual (or English) German tax forms exist? If so, where can I get them/download them? The tax office here has said that they don't exist. Jay...
If the tax office says they don't exist, it seems pretty clear that there aren't any. Even there was, they may be disinclined to accept them, since it's not...
If the tax office says they don't exist, it seems pretty clear that there aren't any. Even there was, they may be disinclined to accept them, since it's not...
Hi Andrea, Thanks for your response. "If the tax office says they don't exist, it seems pretty clear that there aren't any." Having lived in countries where...
Agree with John on this one, could I just add that if you want to obtain German citizenship, you will be asked to give up your present nationality. Germany...
Sprengel@...
Mar 4, 2004 3:26 pm
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Kiki, I would look into whether it is possible to do this job as an employee with "civil servant-like status" - that is probably the easiest route. A lot of...
I checked out the Munich Kreisverwaltungsreferat's website to see whether they have any forms in English. If they are there, they are very hard to find... but...
john.sydes@... wrote: so things are slowly beginning to move in the right direction. I found this comment interesting. Why is it the right direction...
I also found it interesting, Andrea, but in a positive way. In the USA, one can usually get forms and information in Spanish and a few other languages, even...
I do recall getting the German census form in English about 20 years ago Alex [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
alexchapma@...
Mar 5, 2004 7:39 pm
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Are you joking? What part of Canada are you from?? You can get a form in almost every language in Toronto! If you want to take out a passport you can get it in...
lily alilovic
lilyalilovic@...
Mar 5, 2004 11:30 pm
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The new thing in German universities is "modularisation." Basically it means getting away from the idea of just sitting through courses until the end of your...
Has anybody had any experience with "Fluency First"? This has had some success in the US, I believe. The idea is to read and write a lot and worry about...
What are your experiences/opinions of the TEFL-L list? I find it extremely hard to carry on any kind of dialogue there because the posts are constantly...
Hello Andrea You wanted to know why I thought having forms and information in other languages in a step in the right direction. Well, it shows that the...
Hi there a student mine asked me the other day about abbreviations in the military sector. Above all he was interested in what L.A.W. and S.E.A.L.S. stand for....
Dirk Carius
d_carius@...
Mar 6, 2004 5:39 pm
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Hi Dirk The abbreviation L.A.W. is the mil. nomenclature for a Light Anti-tank Weapon, also sometimes known as an RPG or Rocket Propelled Grenade. As for the...
Donald Lomas
donaldlomas@...
Mar 6, 2004 6:46 pm
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I'm looking for worksheets that can be used for oral activities covering topics from correpsondence - enquiries, offers, orders, acknowledgements, complaints...
Dirk Carius
d_carius@...
Mar 7, 2004 6:16 pm
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Hi Dirk There are some very useful role play activities in "Telephoning in English" CUP/Klett CEF level A2-B1. Regards Don Lomas Mit schönen Grüßen von...
Donald Lomas
donaldlomas@...
Mar 7, 2004 10:42 pm
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In einer eMail vom 08.03.04 12:24:39 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit schreibt ... My tip for when you can't find nice printed material is to get your students to...
Brigittebruehl@...
Mar 8, 2004 1:33 pm
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Here is the file. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...