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Bebsi · Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 958

I thought K-12 was the third sequel to that movie about a police dog!!!!

In Europe we don't have K-12...well, in Ireland, where I come from we don't anyway. Why would it be obvious to non-Americans?

Not all posters to this forum are citizens of Dubbyahland Laughing

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Guessing from context... and having been reading this board for years... perhaps encountering it in the EFL studies that we all read assiduously during our free time... even for the Irish it shouldn't be too much of a stretch. Cool

Even Scot47 knew!!

topic: school

term: K-12

Could K be kindergarten?

a hyphen is rather commonly used in English to mean "to"

Even in the Gulf the schools start with year 1 and go to year 12. (can't speak for Ireland... is there more or less than 12?)

It is reminding me of my students who also wanted the teeeecher to explain every word to avoid all that mental effort. Laughing

And, of course there is the fact that the person that I was answering is an American... so whether you understood it or not doesn't really matter, does it?

VS

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

But I got it right because I am smart and sophisticated and a gret fan of the educational system found in the Land of the Brave and the Home of the Free.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Right Scot...

I was going to say something like that about you, but I didn't want you to get a swelled head or nothing...

But I must say that one of the best parts of working in the Gulf was getting to know the Scots and the Irish!! You "guys" always kept me laughing.

VS

Cleopatra · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject:

bdbarnett1 · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject:

How about public school certification levels in the US: EC-4, 4-8, 8-12 Very Happy

"EC" is "Early Childhood"...you guys can figure the rest out, surely.

Cleopatra · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

While we're at it, how about "O-levels", "A-levels", and "Junior Certificates"?

Surely you can figure it out from context?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Highers and Lowers and O-levels or O-Grades ?

bdbarnett1 · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:44 pm Post subject:

Old thread that I started many moons ago...but I've lived in Abu Dhabi for 3 years now, and it is indeed difficult to learn Arabic here! Mostly because everyone's too busy talking and no one listening.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

bdbarnett1 · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:53 am Post subject:

I'll get back to you when you've given it more than a nanosecond of thought.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

bdbarnett1 · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:51 am Post subject:

plumpy nut · Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 1652

Pimsleur is always a good start for learning a language. For Arabic they have 3 levels, not too bad.

Amerrycan Muslim · Joined: 01 Jul 2014 Posts: 51 Location: KSA

In my experience it isn't correct to generalize all of KSA as being a place where one cannot learn Arabic, Fusha or Ammiyyah. I've been able to pick up quite a bit living here. I imagine that it depends greatly on your particular location.