Bucks appeal for 118 score
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Yes that too. Sorry I thought you were using British English for trunk....didn't think of that definition.....American English...Trunk=boot as was clearly explained in my 8 hours of cultural training.....surgery however, not explained. Thought all of my friends were headed for a major operation when I heard surgery!
boiler wrote:Yes that too. Sorry I thought you were using British English for trunk....didn't think of that definition.....American English...Trunk=boot as was clearly explained in my 8 hours of cultural training.....surgery however, not explained. Thought all of my friends were headed for a major operation when I heard surgery!
I used to work for a company in which I was required to use American English as the house style. It was quite a learning curve but interesting to spot differences not only in terminology, but also in punctuation, grammar etc.
I'm sure that, if you follow Etienne's suggestion and go through a few NFER VR papers, you'll be able to find quite a few examples that might confuse a non British-English speaker because of differences in usage and meaning. Possibly more so than someone whose first language is something other than English, as such a person would only be relying on one variant of English - the one they've been learning while living here - iyswim.
FWIW DD2 didn't know "dear" for "expensive", either - I think it's a bit antiquated and not frequently heard from anyone younger than my parents' generation. Useful for crosswords and VR tests, though!
Marylou
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I am trying to wrap up my paper work but need some advice. I have put together an appeal cover sheed that is very succinct. when I put together the US test scores and information as appendices should I include a sheet explaining the grading scale and test scores? I don't want to make the cover sheet very confusing, but also want to make sure they see that my son was a high achiever in the US.
Just some advice please if you have a second to spare (sure).
thanks..
I am trying to wrap up my paper work but need some advice. I have put together an appeal cover sheed that is very succinct. when I put together the US test scores and information as appendices should I include a sheet explaining the grading scale and test scores? I don't want to make the cover sheet very confusing, but also want to make sure they see that my son was a high achiever in the US.
Just some advice please if you have a second to spare (sure).
thanks..
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Thanks for your advice.
Now another question has come up and I don't know where else to turn.
We only relocated here in January 2008 and our move was very sudden only knew it was a possibility in October 2007. To be honest, as a parent new to a school system/program/ procedure. Our focus was not on the 11+... didn't know what it was, how much it would affect our child's schooling, etc. Grammar school vs. comprenhesive school, you might as well have been speaking martian to me. I truly didn't realize the importance of this test until July, then we went to the US for 3 weeks of our break. We only started practice tests at the end of August.
Is that a valid extenuating circumstance? Should it even be mentioned in the letter or should I bring it up in person?
Thanks again.
Now another question has come up and I don't know where else to turn.
We only relocated here in January 2008 and our move was very sudden only knew it was a possibility in October 2007. To be honest, as a parent new to a school system/program/ procedure. Our focus was not on the 11+... didn't know what it was, how much it would affect our child's schooling, etc. Grammar school vs. comprenhesive school, you might as well have been speaking martian to me. I truly didn't realize the importance of this test until July, then we went to the US for 3 weeks of our break. We only started practice tests at the end of August.
Is that a valid extenuating circumstance? Should it even be mentioned in the letter or should I bring it up in person?
Thanks again.
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Hi boiler
I'm afraid it isn't a valid argument. Bucks CC maintain that their familiarisation and practice process represents "saturation preparation", although there has been a slight softening of that line recently.
Despite that slight change, panels are still not going to be influenced by people who say "my child wasn't tutored". There is no way of proving that statement either way, so a panel will discount it completely.
If you are asked if your child was tutored (which should not really happen at a Bucks appeal hearing) you can certainly make the comments you have posted above, but leave out the bit about practice papers.
Sally-Anne
I'm afraid it isn't a valid argument. Bucks CC maintain that their familiarisation and practice process represents "saturation preparation", although there has been a slight softening of that line recently.
Despite that slight change, panels are still not going to be influenced by people who say "my child wasn't tutored". There is no way of proving that statement either way, so a panel will discount it completely.
If you are asked if your child was tutored (which should not really happen at a Bucks appeal hearing) you can certainly make the comments you have posted above, but leave out the bit about practice papers.
Sally-Anne
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