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Sheena · Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 3

OK maybe I am stupid or am asking an obvious question but what does CV stand for?

PanamaTeacher · Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 278 Location: Panama

If you have to ask, you don't need one. Smile

It means "curriculum vitae" and it is a beefed up resume qualifications+publications+seminars+honors, etc.

some can be 5 or more pages long

Celeste · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:20 am Post subject:

It's funny, there was a thread on this topic on the general discussion board a while back, and it seemed as though CV was not a term the people from some geographic regions were accustomed to.

PanamaTeacher · Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 278 Location: Panama

I never prepared one till I came to panama (there isn't a resume here) but CV is used in the US for experts testifying in legal proceedings, etc. What is it called in Japan.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

For all intents and purposes in the teaching business, CV and resume are identical.

Some countries call them by either name.

For a real picky difference, try getting a professor position somewhere, or a huge corporate executive position. Then, a resume is a short description of your education and work experience, and a CV is a huge document detailing every minute point related to your education and work experience, including classes you took, classes and lectures you presented/taught, grants you wrote, etc.

For EFL, CV and resume are the same thing.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Am I alone in being surprised that, for some people, the sole reference tool is the Internet ? Don't kids use dictionaries anymore ?

If I come across a term I do not know I reach for a dictionary. I do not post a question on a website.

But then I am pre-McLuhan.

johnslat · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 9:23 am Post subject: Man the lifeboats

Dear scot47,
Pre-McLuhan? Gosh, don't be so modest. You're antediluvian ( just how did you survive it, anyway - backstroke? ). Glad to see your holiday is mellowing you out. If you stay away from the Kingdom too much longer, you'll get positively " touchey-feely ".
Regards,
John

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Johnslat, the thought of Scot47 mellowing is... unthinkable!
Do schools actually promote the use of dictionaries nowadays? When I was a wee laddie, the stock answer to the question "What does X mean" was "Look it up in the dictionary."
Graham.

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Yes, I know I forgot to put a question mark at the end of "What does X mean?"