[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

[Deryck Chan]

No, because you haven't described what you're bringing :)

On the other hand, a detailed, grammatically correct description of
stroopwafels will almost certainly gain full marks for the English ability
criterion. (And perhaps a bonus for "interest in Wikimania" if you make a
good case)

On 18 February 2013 09:52, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:

> 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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