"Termic Courses"?

[Mehrgan]

Hi there,
Is "termic" am adjective of the word "term"? What is the name for courses during which book series such as Headway are covered in different levels?


So many thanks in advance.

 

[opa6x57]

I don't think 'termic' is a valid word. I've never heard it used. I looked it up in (the usually complete) Online Mirriam Webster dictionary - and 'termic' isn't there, either.

I then reviewed the Headway series ... I think I would call these 'graduated' courses or classes.

As you complete each 'class' or 'term' - you graduate to the next level/class/term.


Does this help?


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Not a teacher, 53-year-old American.
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… and that’s my opinion

 

[Mehrgan]

I don't think 'termic' is a valid word. I've never heard it used. I looked it up in (the usually complete) Online Mirriam Webster dictionary - and 'termic' isn't there, either.

I then reviewed the Headway series ... I think I would call these 'graduated' courses or classes.

As you complete each 'class' or 'term' - you graduate to the next level/class/term.


Does this help?


Sure it does dear opa6x57! Thanks for the time you put into replying to my question.

Cheers!

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Not a teacher, 53-year-old American.
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… and that’s my opinion

Sure it does dear opa6x57! Thanks for the time you put into replying to my question.

Cheers!

 

[BobK]

There is an adjective based on 'term' - 'termly' (as in 'There will be a termly record kept of students' attendance). But this usage would not be appropriate here.

b

 

[Mehrgan]

There is an adjective based on 'term' - 'termly' (as in 'There will be a termly record kept of students' attendance). But this usage would not be appropriate here.

b

Thank you a lot!
Then, how are such coursed referred to in language institutes?

Ta!

 

[farhadhamed]

There must be an equivalent for such courses which are held term by term.

 

[Mehrgan]

There must be an equivalent for such courses which are held term by term.

Hi there,
I believe so, too. Hope we can get some practical terms here.


Cheers!

 

[5jj]

There must be an equivalent for such courses which are held term by term.

There doesn't appear to be a generally accepted term.

 

[Mehrgan]

There doesn't appear to be a generally accepted term.

Thanks. But such book series are mostly covered in language institutes, and I wonder how can we refer to such courses, or what seems to appear in adverts for such institutes?

 

[TheParser]

Hi there,
I beleive so, too. Hope we can get some practical terms here.


Cheers!

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Mehrgan,


(1) Teacher Farhadhamed's post gave me an idea. It may be the wrong idea, but here it is respectfully presented to you.

(2) Here in the United States, high schools and universities

traditionally (although it is changing fast) have two terms each

year (about 5 months each). Those terms are called semesters.

It is quite common to hear:

Tom: Do you like your new class in Flowers of Alaska?

Sue: I hate it.

Tom: But you need it for credit toward your degree.

Sue: Yeah. And, besides, it's only a one-semester course.

Tom: You're lucky. My counselor told me that I have to take

a class called The Trees of Northern California.

Sue: That doesn't seem too horrible.

Tom: It's a three-semester course!!!


***** NOT A TEACHER *****

 

[Mehrgan]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Mehrgan,


(1) Teacher Farhadhamed's post gave me an idea. It may be the wrong idea, but here it is respectfully presented to you.

(2) Here in the United States, high schools and universities

traditionally (although it is changing fast) have two terms each

year (about 5 months each). Those terms are called semesters.

It is quite common to hear:

Tom: Do you like your new class in Flowers of Alaska?

Sue: I hate it.

Tom: But you need it for credit toward your degree.

Sue: Yeah. And, besides, it's only a one-semester course.

Tom: You're lucky. My counselor told me that I have to take

a class called The Trees of Northern California.

Sue: That doesn't seem too horrible.

Tom: It's a three-semester course!!!


***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hi,
So many thanks for the reply. So, one way is to say, 'a five-term/semester course'.

Regards

 

[5jj]

Thanks. But such book series are mostly covered in language institutes, and I wonder how can we refer to such courses, or what seems to appear in adverts for such institutes?

Most schools simply seem to list their courses under such heading as:

General English, Business English, etc Classes/Courses.
Full-time, part-time.
(Part-time): morning, afternoon, evening.
....................1 x 90 mins, 2 x 90 mins, etc
Level: Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Internediate, etc.

As prospective students flick through the pages or click through the links, they discover the duration of each class - a month, six, eight, ten weeks, etc. They may also discover the course book used, and whether the class will cover the whole book or a fraction of it.

Within the school, the staff may have such names as: the eight-week - , the ten-unit - , the course book -, the (for example) Headway- classes/courses.

 

[TheParser]

Hi,
So many thanks for the reply. So, one way is to say, 'a five-term/semester course'.

Regards

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

I believe that is, indeed, how many Americans would refer to such a

course or class. I think that they might favor the word semester.

P.S. I just checked my dictionary. It seems that semester comes from

German, which took it from Latin (six + month). In fact, some

schools are now jamming three semesters into one year. I believe that

the word for such a shorter semester is trimester. (tri = three)


***** NOT A TEACHER *****

 

[BobK]

...Within the school, the staff may have such names as: the eight-week - , the ten-unit - , the course book -, the (for example) Headway- classes/courses.
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:up: When a course 'rolls over' into the next one up in the following year, I've also heard the term 'rolling'. "I've only got beginners at the moment, but it's a rolling course so next year I'll have some intermediate students." But this is internal and informal - only used by people involved in the administration of courses.

Some, but not all, British universities use the concept of semesters (which - as the name's etymology suggests - originally lasted six months.* But the ones I know of use the idea of terms as well - so that the exams that mark the end of the first semester happen at the beginning of the second term.

* I suppose they didn't have holidays in those days! ;-). Another -mester word is 'trimester' - a third of a human pregnancy, so that a doctor will say of a pregnant woman that she is in her first, second or third trimester.

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[Barb_D]

I'm not familiar with any courses that actually crossed semester lines at the college level.

You might have a three-course series, Trees of North Carolina 101, 102, and 103, and be required to take the series, but I've never heard of a course that continued uninterrupted over more than one semester, let alone 2.5 years in a five-semester course.

 

[5jj]

I'm not familiar with any courses that actually crossed semester lines at the college level.

Couldn't we say. "The taught MA in Applied Linguistics at Barbjed University is a four-semester course"?

 

[Barb_D]

I've been out of school too long. The word "sequence" seems familiar though.

A four-course sequence? 101, 201, 201, and 202 (this shows two years) or 101, 102, 103, 104 (this just shows four courses) and you must have all four complete the program?

Anyway, I'll leave it to teachers to comment from hence forth. I just don't know.

 

[Mehrgan]

Hi,
Thanks to all dear posters.

Wish you all the very best!