Wendy Arnold of YLSIG has given me permission to re-post this message she sent to GISIG. I found it fascinating and the situation she describes will surely...
“The last posting here opened in the following way: <<1) in HK the reality is that 98% are Cantonese speakers and anecdotally I'd say maybe 10% of those...
I don't know what this gobbledegook is about, but I am getting increasingly fed up with messages like the one below. Are they of any use to anyone? Can they...
John, I have had a couple of messages like that. I don't understand them, but they seem to be ideal candidates for a filter i.e. filter them out either into...
My local newspaper (North Germany) The New Osnabrueck Newspaper (NOZ, Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung) Monday, 14th. March 2005, reports that the European Union...
(This statistic is NOT about private language schools, but passingly interesting, nonetheless). The local newspaer reports today that the number of private...
Hello John I agree with you that the information you received regarding the non-delivery of your email is basically useless. These IT-System-messages contain...
Ron, Good going. Some questions from a non-technical person: 1. "The IP address you are sending from. . .": IP is internet provider - so they're conceivably...
Hi Allan I am certainly far from being an IT-"Fachmann", but some things do interest me occasionally. To your questions: IP-Address: (you were close, but...
Three things here: **************************************************************** 1) The European school in Munich is looking for English-trained primary ...
Thanks for the info about being classified as a spammer. This has happened to me once before. AOL blocked all emails from t-online for just over 24 hours, but...
CETEFL, Germany-English & others ... Travelling through Stanstead airport last week I was struck again by the recorded voice in the unmanned train which says:...
Dennis, In 'America' we would say: "Please hold on tight." To hold something and to hold on to something are two different things. I agree with you - common...
Steve writes: "Sit tight" where I come from in the southern US most often carries the subliminal meaning, "wait a moment"...as in "sit tight, I'll be right...
Dear all, I was wondering whether you could help me with the following: I have recently been asked by a friend to take care of a French customer in his company...
Hi Ridha Do you mean interpreting? If so, you should charge a much higher rate than you charge for training. I'd say at least 2x as much - it's very...
Erica J Williams
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Mar 19, 2005 8:15 am
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I am trying to do some research into the Business English and EFL/ESOL exam market in Germany for an article and would appreciate any thoughts or comments you...
Hi everyone, a student of ours needs to take the IELTS test this fall (she's immigrating to Canada). The only address she's got as to where to do the actual...
Hinsen, Patricia
verwaltung@...
Mar 19, 2005 7:41 pm
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Hi Patricia, Is a language test now required for immigration to Canada? As far as the distance between Bonn and Cologne goes, I think that if she really wanted...
Hi Jay, apparantly it is. She'd just prefer something a bit closer to home for convenience's sake, so Bonn would be better. Patricia _____ Englisch nach Maß ...
Hinsen, Patricia
verwaltung@...
Mar 19, 2005 8:07 pm
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Dear Patricia, Nope; as far as I know that is the only place in Germany where they do it. The British Council in Berlin may offer it on demand. But in that...
What's that, Wolfgang? IELTS only done in one place? That isn't the case. I myself examine in Bremen, Hamburg and Oldenburg - and I know there is a centre in...
Dear Dennis, from what I have heard the Cologne people put it on on a very regular basis, but all the others have it on or off. We have regularly sent people...
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