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From: Ehud Lamm <ehudlamm@my-deja.com>
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In article <7usvo6$9kq$1@news-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>,
  Georg Bauhaus <georg@zorro.uni-duisburg.de> wrote:

>
> So, wouldn't it seem advisable to have "Natural Language
> Skills" in the curriculum? At least for non-english speakers
> (like me :-|)?  While there is ongoing talk about The
> Globalisation (again), I can see that students are advised
> to learn a foreign language, but are otherwise left alone -
> the plans for their time at universities do not, in general,
> explicitely include slots for other skill that are nevertheless
> considered essential.
>

The students must pass an exam on English as a second language, or pass an
English course. But this just isn't enough.

I am all for language skills. Alas most people lack them - even in their
native tongues.

Most people fial in phrasing questions, so it is natural that student fail in
phrasing answers - even when they know them!

(By the way: i started a thread on this in several groups, under the title
"formulating good questions").

This is whole subject is off topic here. But as often mentioned in other
groups Dijkstra suposedly said that you can tell if someone is a good
programmer by judging their native language skills.

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