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Serious_Fun
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 Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:00 am Post subject: British Council Asked to Leave Office |
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http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/06/15/011.html
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| The council is the cultural arm of the British Embassy. |
 As I have said/written for years. working for the BC makes one a representative of the "british" government.
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| In December, the British Council stopped offering English language courses following a demand from the Foreign Ministry that the council's language center obtain a license from the Education and Science Ministry. |
good god! (gasp)  |
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rusmeister
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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What is the REAL purpose of the BC?
Why do people care (other than the ones who lose their jobs, obviously)?
(Not rhetorical questions) |
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Serious_Fun
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| rusmeister wrote: |
What is the REAL purpose of the BC?
Why do people care (other than the ones who lose their jobs, obviously)?
(Not rhetorical questions) |
http://www.britishcouncil.org/home.htm
I started the thread not to laugh at problems with the present-day Putinian environment, but to point out that a provider of English language lessons and exams will not be open for "business" anymore.  |
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rusmeister
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| This is not intended to be offensive, but to merely state a fact - One side effect is that the Russians learning there will be bolstering the other providers of English language teaching - when supply is reduced, demand for what remains goes up. |
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