B1: Submit
Date: August 02, 2000
Time: 21:58
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1.I would like to start with my expereinces outside of classroom. First of all I met new interessting peopl from different cultures, with whom I live in the same flat. That means, that we all, who share the same kitchen, have to make compromises and until now it works, but we will see,... For me it is really great, because in my flat there are many different people like Japanese, Korean, Spanish, .... thats all about my life until now outside class.
In class we first introduced ourselves, had the chance to talk to each other, and learned about how to be diplomatic, how to use correct business English.
2. Well, for me there was new how the way of presentation in English is and also how different cultures handle in negociation. Very interessting was our tour to Dartington and there we saw how they produce things out of glas by hand. It was great, that we had the chance to ask the managers our questions, they both were very friendly and tried to answer all the asked questions.
3. My first impression was - how friendly and polite our teachers are, and that they want us to ask questions. And I think it is great to call them by their firstname {***}, so the situation is more relaxed than at my universtiy where erverything is so formal. My point of view didn't really changed, because I am an open person to each culture, to everybody and I try not to think in stereotyps.
4. Well, I have learned, that I have to give my business card always with two hands to an japanese business man. i also can implement the way english business man negociate, because they always use a very diolpmatic way of speaking and a very positiv way of using the language, ex. they say " The food is not too hot" than its cold.
At last I would like to add, that this course is really great and will be very use full for my future career.
| Instances | Description |
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | MARKER/CONNECTIVE - you may have used the wrong one, or not used one where it is needed, or used one incorrectly |
| 3 | NOT THE BEST CHOICE - your meaning is clear but this is not a good way, or not the best way, to express it. This may relate to one word, or a phrase or a whole sentence. You may need to change the syntax or the vocabulary or both. |
| 1 | PHRASE CONSTRUCTION - you have used the wrong construction after the verb/noun/adjective/adverb; for example, you might have used 'to' instead of 'that', or an '-ing' form instead of 'to' etc |
| 1 | PREPOSITION - you have used the wrong preposition, or the preposition is missing, or you don't need a preposition |
| 7 | PUNCTUATION - punctuation mistake. For example, you may have used a comma when it is not necessary, or a capital letter is required. |
| 1 | RELATIVE PRONOUN - you have used the wrong relative pronoun form (who, which, that, where, whose, preposition + who/which, zero relative); or you have used it incorrectly; or a relative pronoun is needed. |
| 1 | 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. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 9 | SPELLING - the word is wrongly spelled. |
| 2 | VERB TENSE - you have put the verb in the wrong tense eg present instead of future, or continuous instead of simple. |
| 1 | VOCABULARY MISTAKE - you have used the wrong word. Check in the dictionary. |
| 4 | WORD ORDER - you have written a group of words in the wrong order. Re-arrange. |
| 3 | CAPITALISATION PROBLEM - you have mixed up lower and upper case spelling. |
| 1 | SPACE PROBLEM - you have put a space where there should not be any, or a space is missing. |