B1: Submit
Date: August 02, 2000
Time: 20:00
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1. When I arrived, last Saturday, I felt very sad and alone, but after the beginning of the lessons I have met lots of other foreign student and I have begun feeling better. Yesterday there was a very funny and nice "welcome drink" where socialize was very easy, I enjoyed it a lot. At this party there were our teacher too, they are very nice and polite people. In class we have talked of politeness too, and, in my opinion they are a good example of the English one.
2. The university campus is, in my opinion, very good. In Italy the university system is completly differen: there is not the idea of a wide campus including residence for students, bars, bank, travel agency or supermarket. Perhaps it depends on the different traditions and cultures between Italy and Great Britain. The teacher attitude to students is different too: they make you feel a person not a number. I'll give only an exemple: today durig the coffee break a Sir, perhaps a teacher of another course, stopped me in the corridor and said to me: "there's a packet {1} for you" whitout asking my name!
3. Working in a multicultural class is an unique, useful and very interesting experience that makes you understand lots of aspects of foreign usages and culture. It was very interesting to learn the japanese usage of the business cards: a sort of very important ritual made with two hands and a bow. We have also learnt how to introduce ourselves and someone other, and how to be polite, we have spoken about our hobbies, attitudes to life, future project and so on. I find the course very useful because it is less theorical and more practical. Especially the visit to "Dartington" was very important as a first contact with a British factory.
4. In a dynamc economic situation, like the ome we are experiencing at these days, I think that the most important thing to learn is the flexibility. To have an open mind and to be able to face to problems in a quick and effective way is a must. I think that it is not important to have always a prompt solution, what is important is to be able to find out prompltly the right way to obtain it.
| Instances | Description |
| 2 | ARTICLE - you have made a mistake with the use of the article ( ie a, an, the or zero) with a noun or noun phrase. First check that you know whether the noun is countable or uncountable, and singular or plural |
| 1 | UNCLEAR - the reader does not understand what you are trying to say here |
| 2 | PREPOSITION - you have used the wrong preposition, or the preposition is missing, or you don't need a preposition |
| 1 | REFERENCE - you have made a mistake in how you refer to something previously mentioned. You may have used the wrong word to do this; or it may not be clear what you are referring to, or the referent (= the thing you are referring to) may be too far away; or a pronoun is needed |
| 4 | SENTENCE ERROR: COMMA SPLICE - you have incorrectly joined two main (or independent) clauses with a comma. You need to make two separate sentences, or use a different connective or marker to join the clauses. |
| 4 | NUMBER OF NOUN - you have put a word in the singular when it should be plural, or vice versa. Or perhaps the noun is countable and you thought it was uncountable, or vice versa. Check that you have used the right article, as well. |
| 8 | SPELLING - the word is wrongly spelled. |
| 2 | VERB FORM - you have used the wrong form of the verb. For example, singular instead of plural, infinitive instead of -ing, wrong auxiliary, passive instead of active or vice versa, etc. |
| 5 | VOCABULARY MISTAKE - you have used the wrong word. Check in the dictionary. |
| 1 | WORD ORDER - you have written a group of words in the wrong order. Re-arrange. |
| 1 | CAPITALISATION PROBLEM - you have mixed up lower and upper case spelling. |