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Enescil, a Brazilian engineering firm requires Engineers, Architects and Draftsmen, proficient in AutoCAD, for their new office in Goa Those interested can email enescil....@gmail.com by 15 November 2011 Selected candidates will be sent to Brazil for 2 months training --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> writes: The?invigilator, a fellow Goan of Tanzania, told me to make sure I ticked the box saying English is my native language. I was surprised at the time.? The invigilator, who will be reading this, requested me to do so as she knew what the results would be. I scored either 98% or 99% on that test. Comment: I had to take the TOEFL as well , when I applied for Graduate School many many years ago. At the time I found that my good knowledge of Portuguese and associated Romance languages gave me a leg up. The test was a piece of cake. The results were comparable to Mervyn's. I do not believe Konkani as a language had anything to do with it, other than the fact that in Goa most Konkani speakers grow up to be polyglots. As far as the ongoing discussion (Foo will teach our children?) it is well known that the English language is a "live " language , is evolving, and is full of words and idioms absorbed from other languages. A recent piece in Time magazine pointed out that there will be in a few years more speakers of Hinglish and Chinglish than "English". Even if we stipulate that the teaching of English in Goa is not up to levels desired by Selma, it must be agreed that the knowledge of Hinglish is sufficient for access to the world wide web and for engaging in general discussions with other English speakers. And given the polyglot advantage, Goan kids will continue to ace all language tests, if needed. Of course you can still expect some to complain: "Why are they saying all those bad things in front of my back?" E. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------