[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

[Lodewijk]

oh... so replying with "I will bring my own food" wasn't such a good idea
after all? ;-)

2013/2/18 Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com>

> On Monday, 18 February 2013, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>
> > > From: liamwyatt at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:47:06 +0000
> > > To: wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org <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?"
>
>
>
>
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