EPTOn October 29 2013 19:32 Zealously wrote:
You don't have 40 hours of lectures a week though, do you?
You don't have 40 hours of lectures a week though, do you?
None this week due to exams, but I have 15*2 = 30 hours next week
Koreans try out their English at WCS Season Finals - Page 7
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neptunusfisk
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None this week due to exams, but I have 15*2 = 30 hours next week | ||
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tdt
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On October 30 2013 00:13 mikkmagro wrote: I still find it pretty weird that youngsters in a country which is pretty open to globalisation still struggle so much with English. It used to be that you'd go to Spain, Portugal, France or Italy, and no one would speak to you in English, but nowadays most young people do (people over 30/35 in continental Europe still often don't speak English from my experience). Most pro-gamers from Europe and SEA have a very good command of English except for a few Russians though they can still speak it well. Don't Koreans learn English in school, do they just learn Korean, or do they perhaps learn a different language? Im half german and most of my cousins dont speak english. They didnt go to university though but are in trades like one is a mason one drives a big truck. Ones that went to university do. Just depends I think on education track. | ||
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tdt
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On October 30 2013 01:59 True_Spike wrote: 18 hours a week is considered "full time" all across America? Being a student there must rock. I don't mean to be condescending, it just seems very weird that nobody takes things like this into consideration when comparing our educational system with yours (in my country, that is). Depending on your field and year (workload tends to differ from one year to the next) it's not uncommon to have to do upwards 25-30 hours a week here (students don't get a say in this) - and in most cases that's just a waste of time, I feel. actually 12 hours is considered full time to get all student loans and grants. We used to have higher standards but we keep lowering them.Like when my dad went 15 was full time. When his dad went 21 was. | ||
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intotheheart
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DarkPlasmaBall
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DarkPlasmaBall
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On October 30 2013 10:25 tdt wrote: actually 12 hours is considered full time to get all student loans and grants. We used to have higher standards but we keep lowering them.Like when my dad went 15 was full time. When his dad went 21 was. 12 credits is considered full time for most undergraduate loans, but that doesn't equate to 12 hours of working on school work... just (usually) 12 hours of sitting in weekly lectures. Generally, for every 1 credit that your class is worth, you're *supposed* to be assigned 2-4 additional hours of related outside work per week. So for a 3 credit class, you should be doing an additional 6-12 hours of coursework outside of your lecture. Adding these 6-12 hours to the original 3 hours of weekly lectures gives you 9-15 hours per week spent on a single course. If you're a full time student taking 4 courses, then 9-15 quadruples to give you roughly 36-60 hours spent per week (including both lecture time and outside work, like homework and studying). Obviously, some professors and majors will force you to commit far more or far less time than expected, but it's supposed to be set up so that a full-time student works about as much, per week, as an employee at a full-time job. | ||
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AxionSteel
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Gravesong
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On October 30 2013 16:57 AxionSteel wrote: Something about Hero's english makes it seem more "natural" than Polt's to me, not sure why. Maybe it's Polt's accent. I could totally see Hero being very fluent with a bit more experience and confidence. Both are awesome, though. Hero seems to be very thoughtful when considering structure as well as verb tense. It seems he'd rather not say anything than say it incorrectly. Regardless, I'm pretty impressed with both of their English skills. And geez, Polt makes me feel like I just need to go and be productive somehow. Thanks for these! | ||
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KanoCoke
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Darkhorse
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On October 30 2013 18:30 Gravesong wrote: Hero seems to be very thoughtful when considering structure as well as verb tense. It seems he'd rather not say anything than say it incorrectly. Regardless, I'm pretty impressed with both of their English skills. And geez, Polt makes me feel like I just need to go and be productive somehow. Thanks for these! Yeah pretty sure HerO doesn't have as much English confidence as he should. And he's embarrassed about the thought of saying something wrong haha. Polt just doesn't give a fuck! Loved both interviews. | ||
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forsteri
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Hero, your English is so good! Us fans really enjoy when you speak it. Keep up the good work. | ||
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thepuppyassassin
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Qaatar
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On October 30 2013 10:53 tdt wrote: I was accounting major only had one or two labs as a freshmen. 18 hours was 18 hours. Never did homework never bought books. In general school was just partying and cakewalk I dont think is replicated abroad. Obviously depends on the university and your major. In the US especially, there is a huge range in quality of education from secondary institutions. A uni like Cornell is notorious for being a place where engineering majors are left to die. I knew of guys who were extremely bright in highschool (national merit finalists, international math olympiad members, etc.) who only took the standard courseload (16 hours a week), but had to basically pull all-nighters in the library every other day and still barely managed to graduate with over a 3.0 GPA. This basically translated to over 100 hours a week of studying for some of the smartest people I know, and still not being able to ace the classes. Of course, a 3.0 in the engineering school at Cornell is like a 4.0 everywhere else. Polt goes to the Uni of Texas at Austin, which is quite a solid and well-known school. | ||
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Gemini_19
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On October 29 2013 16:52 GTR wrote: dat improvement Those shorts. | ||
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Darkhorse
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On October 31 2013 07:36 Fliparoni wrote: Not too bad but Select and and to an extent Violet when he was living in Texas are still the top 2 Koreans when it comes to English speaking skills Yeah but SeleCT and Violet both lived in the US for a loooooonnnnnnngggggggg time. | ||
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