oh... so replying with "I will bring my own food" wasn't such a good idea after all? ;-)
2013/2/18 Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> > On Monday, 18 February 2013, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > > > > From: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:47:06 +0000 > > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting > > application > > > > > > > > > " Hong Kong is an international gourmet paradise. Please use less than > > 200 > > > words to describe your favourite dish of food." > > > > > > Is this an English-language test? Or, is this to help determine the > best > > > catering options? Or something else? > > > > +1 to what Liam asked. I honestly don't understand the premise of that > > question in the scholarship application form. > > Abbas. > > > > Upon further questioning I was informed that: > > "This question is referring to the selection criteria #4 "Fluency of > English language". " > > So... Apparently this is where you are expected to write something that > convinces people you have a firm grasp of English. Unfortunately, this is a > written test, not an oral test - because an oral test might be quite > useful. I know many people from my own country and other > English-native-speaking countries that are officially literate but when > asked to speak in a formal setting (or even semi-formal situation like > Wikimania) are incapable of clear enunciation, diction, grammar, > intonation, accent and speed. Certainly, they can be understood by *other* > native English speakers but they have no concept of how difficult it is for > non-native speakers to understand them. > > Perhaps a mandatory class for native speakers before the conference > entitled: > "Speak English, like, more good 'n stuff for all y'all. Mmm'kay?" > > > > > -- > wittylama.com > Peace, love & metadata > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
