[General] for next term

[Silverobama]

I asked a teacher who works in a local college a question:

What course do you offer for next term?

Is the question natural?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. It's too vague.

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you trying to find out only what course that teacher will be teaching next term?

 

[Skrej]

I'd find it more natural to use the plural 'courses', unless you already know for a fact that the person only teaches one course.

Still, I'd probably say "What courses are you teaching next term"?

 

[tedmc]

I think it is more likely for a teacher to teach a few subjects in a course rather than a few courses.

 

[5jj]

I don't.

 

[Tdol]

That depends many factors- the person could teach short courses.

 

[Rover_KE]

I asked a teacher who works in a local college a question:

What course do you offer for next term?

What was the teacher's response?

 

[Silverobama]

What was the teacher's response?

He teaches only Translation and Interpretation. This is one course.

 

[tedmc]

I don't.

Why is that? Isn't that being done in schools?

 

[5jj]

In most colleges and universities, teachers/lecturers/professors offer several courses.

 

[tedmc]

It depends on what you mean by course I suppose.
My understanding is that a subject is a subset of a course. For example, a business course includes subjects like management, accounting, economics. A primary school course or an A-levels course covers the various school subjects.

 

[emsr2d2]

... an A-level[strike]s[/strike] course covers the various school subjects.

I think that wording is misleading - it sounds as if you're saying that one A-level course covers multiple subjects. That's not the case. Each A-Level has its own single subject.

 

[Tdol]

Few teach Latin and astrophysics, but they may teach courses.

 

[Rover_KE]

NOTE: BE term = AE semester