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Shakhbut
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 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:09 am Post subject: New term structure |
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| Word has it that HCT/Zayed/UAEU are heading the way of public/private schools ie three-term year...hols at Christmas/Easter....? Anyone heard same? |
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helenl
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| Haven't heard anything about it - but why would they? If it were true, what would be the rationale? |
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scot47
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| Wishful thinking for deranged EFL teachers ? |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: New term structure |
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| Shakhbut wrote: |
| Word has it that HCT/Zayed/UAEU are heading the way of public/private schools ie three-term year...hols at Christmas/Easter....? Anyone heard same? |
Many universities around the Gulf have already been doing this for years. The summer session is short and the summer leave drops to 5-6 weeks in late summer... mostly August.
I can't see any rationale for "Christmas/Easter" breaks in a Muslim country and they would avoid any idea that they were. (so I would expect both of those days to be work days even if they went to such a system)
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Shakhbut
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| Two weeks at Xmas, one week round Easter, Jan fortnight scrapped, that's the latest, announcement soon. |
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veiledsentiments
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Since many places have had a week or two between semesters... (HCT had two weeks when I was there) normally hitting between mid-December and mid-January... and a spring break in the middle of the 2nd semester, I don't see much of a change here. Normally they were combined in some way with the Eids. Of course, with Ramadhan moving into the summer and first semester starting late, this makes sense. I would think that now with no holidays hitting in the second semester for a few years, that adding a spring break is needed for both students and teachers.
Does this suggest that HCT might be shortening their ridiculously long semesters down to something normal... like 15 weeks?
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(best hope that they don't start hearing them referred to as "Xmas" and "Easter" holidays or they will disappear quickly...) |
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NadiaK
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Normal? Don't hold your breath  . Although the 20-week semesters have been shaved down to 19-week semesters of late...for reasons we may guess...
I understand that the option being considered involves a (ahem "Christmas) break towards the end of the first semester, with no break between semesters (i.e. no Jan fortnight as per Shakhbut's post). |
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