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| pakiboy Newbie United States Joined 5472 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English | Message 9 of 20 01 June 2009 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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sunshine... i m from pakistan ...studying in US
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| Dark_Sunshine Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5582 days ago 340 posts - 357 votes  Speaks: English*, French | Message 10 of 20 01 June 2009 at 12:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah, OK! I wasn't sure if you were American or not. The reason I asked is because in the UK, the term 'Paki' is used by racists to insult anyone of South Asian origin, whether they are from Pakistan or not- I think it started in the 70s when there was a new wave of immigration from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and most racist people are too ignorant to know the difference between these countries. I don't know if the term is used in the US, but it's quite taboo here!
Welcome to the forum by the way :-) Edited by Dark_Sunshine on 01 June 2009 at 12:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pakiboy Newbie United States Joined 5472 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English | Message 11 of 20 01 June 2009 at 12:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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haha.. lol! i didn't know that.. for us its an abbreviation of pakistan.
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| Dark_Sunshine Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5582 days ago 340 posts - 357 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 12 of 20 01 June 2009 at 1:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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It just goes to show how context is everything!
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| dmg Diglot Senior Member Canada dgryski.blogspot.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6828 days ago 555 posts - 605 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Dutch, Esperanto | Message 13 of 20 01 June 2009 at 2:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Note that the US Government says that motivated students studying at the DLI with 25 hours of class per week with 3-4 hours per day of directed self-study still need 1,100 hours to reach B2+/C1-. Given that, I think your schedule for French (at least) is highly optimistic.
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| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6369 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 14 of 20 01 June 2009 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Huge objectives! If you want to know if you'll make it start a log here on the site and we can all give you input after a couple of days.
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| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5494 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 15 of 20 01 June 2009 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | ||
I think what Julie meant is that in order to become perfectly fluent (C2) you will at some time have to stop using instructional material and use native material. While instructional material is very helpful, it cannot take you all the way to C2. For example, if you want to get a handle on the colloquial use of French you will eventually have to use audio books or movies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pakiboy Newbie United States Joined 5472 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English | Message 16 of 20 02 June 2009 at 1:21am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the response Paskwc...
Instructional Material ends at intermediate level. Advanced Level involves the use of native material. Preparation for c1 and c2 level... is all about practise ... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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