B1: Submit
Date: August 06, 2000
Time: 23:11
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The last four days were really exciting. On Thursday our group conducted a mini survey. We interviewed several englishmen {***} {1} about the peculiarities of hospitality in England and a role of a man a woman in it {2}. To our great surprise the answers of men and women were rather different. Later on we presented our information in class. In conclusion,one of our speakers,Saif, ( he is from Oman {3}) tried to compare English and oriental approach to hospitality. I think this form of education ( working in multicultural groups and comparative analysis of different cultures) is very useful and significant. It helps people from diffrerent countries to find common language and to understand each culture {4} better than ever before.While working in multicultural groups I also knew out {5} that germans tend to be direct and punctual as well as {6} englishmen{7} are more diplomatical {8} and flexible in their judgements and behaviour. What I like in this course is that I have to work in groups with people who have already had a large {9} practical experience in different spheres of business. Besides, I highly appreciate practical tasks, such as visiting Dartington Crystal and inerviewing businessmen {10} about their professional activities. What I would like to see more in this course is to work with more business terminology in connection with the practical tasks.
| 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 | MARKER/CONNECTIVE - you may have used the wrong one, or not used one where it is needed, or used one incorrectly |
| 2 | 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 |
| 2 | 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. |
| 1 | SPELLING - the word is wrongly spelled. |
| 3 | VOCABULARY MISTAKE - you have used the wrong word. Check in the dictionary. |
| 2 | WORD FORM - you used a word in the wrong form. For example, you have used the adjective form when you should have used the noun form, or adverb instead of adjective etc. |
| 2 | CAPITALISATION PROBLEM - you have mixed up lower and upper case spelling. |