sooo weird...
Just some observations, my written English is bad, it is something I have to improve, however, my understanding, both read when listening are close to a native, and my oral production is excellent (:P). And honestly, I will not really use my writing ability in Wikimania or Hong Kong, but my English was evaluated for it.
But I think the message should be "have a level of English sufficient to follow the lectures, discussions and conversations"
And also I did not find that a good test for English, there's a maximum limit, but there is no minimum limit. I could say: "I have a very restricted diet because I am Jewish and vegan, so my diet is restricted to that."
I could say, or, "I like almost everything, but I'm lactose intolerant, so I can do much poop if I eat things with milk." Until that can be interpreted only as something to check if I have dietary restrictions, as in previous questionnaires.
And one of the advantages of being Brazilian, is that many of us find it easy to understand other Latinos, the reverse is not true, I would not find it strange to see some lectures in Interlingua, or even, Italian or Spanish.
But as the Wikimania is itinerant, lectures in the local language could be very interesting, and even a form of local people interact more, I know that English is present among the HK natives, but I do not see why not have a lectures in Cantonese to appreciate local culture...
On 19 February 2013 01:09, Mathieu Stumpf psychoslave@culture-libre.orgwrote:
Le lundi 18 février 2013 à 21:09 +1100, Liam Wyatt a écrit :
Yes, I think that writing "I will bring Stroopwafels" gives you an automatic extra 10points in the scholarship assessment ;-)
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