shortcut: the uk on 91 pages
so far, daruman has never had the chance to warm to the british. actual points of reference were scarce (apart from the language, a short city trip to london some years ago and a 4 hour stopover in london heathrow). however, as expertise in languages comprises extensive cultural knowledge of the countries where these languages are spoken, he is bound to create such points of reference from scratch.
on monday daruman will take a test the preparation for which has led him to slog through the script of a lecture treating basic cultural aspects such as geography, legal system and history since 1400 of a nation called "united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland". 91 pages of very dense and concise reading but not boring, at all.
well, let me sketch the general circumstances of the upcoming exam. first, one has to take into consideration that daruman has not once attended the respective lecture which was held last semester. this should not, however, affect his performance in the test, as questions from previous exams on the same script, which do not seem to have changed over the last six years, are easily accessible on the internet. secondly, i am afraid to say that daruman's motivation to take this exam on such short notice is founded on difficulties regarding the progression of his studies rather than on actual interest. he only managed to obtain places in two of the five exercise courses he is still required to complete in order to proceed to the so called "main programme". with the prospect of having to attend three time-consuming exercise courses next semester daruman has to take advantage of this possibility to cover the culture part for english of the "initial programme" already in the present semester. if he had been given the choice he would rather have attended the lecture on the culture of the usa but, alas, such activity is not provided at present.
well, i ask him, what d'you want? there's still the option of your going to london for your master studies. just consider it culture shock prevention!
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on monday daruman will take a test the preparation for which has led him to slog through the script of a lecture treating basic cultural aspects such as geography, legal system and history since 1400 of a nation called "united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland". 91 pages of very dense and concise reading but not boring, at all.
well, let me sketch the general circumstances of the upcoming exam. first, one has to take into consideration that daruman has not once attended the respective lecture which was held last semester. this should not, however, affect his performance in the test, as questions from previous exams on the same script, which do not seem to have changed over the last six years, are easily accessible on the internet. secondly, i am afraid to say that daruman's motivation to take this exam on such short notice is founded on difficulties regarding the progression of his studies rather than on actual interest. he only managed to obtain places in two of the five exercise courses he is still required to complete in order to proceed to the so called "main programme". with the prospect of having to attend three time-consuming exercise courses next semester daruman has to take advantage of this possibility to cover the culture part for english of the "initial programme" already in the present semester. if he had been given the choice he would rather have attended the lecture on the culture of the usa but, alas, such activity is not provided at present.
well, i ask him, what d'you want? there's still the option of your going to london for your master studies. just consider it culture shock prevention!
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