July 2009 issue of the English Language Gazette Digital

Un altro caso di riconoscimenti accademici illeciti. La crescente richiesta di programmi formativi all'estero, inclusi corsi per certificazioni spesso attrae scuole e organizzazioni a strumentalizzare titoli imponenti quali attestati Trinity o Cambridge, anche laddove questi riconoscimenti non sono stati attribuiti.
L'attenzione del consulente linguistico è quella di vigilare e informare...

Rogue Tefl provider sentenced
PAUL LOWE, owner of Windsor English schools in Windsor, UK, has been given a forty-week prison sentence, suspended for eighteen months, for fraud and offences under the Trade Descriptions Act for falsely claiming a teacher training course was validated by Trinity College London. The school’s general manager, Ashley Arnold, was sentenced for five offences under the Trade Descriptions Act. Both men had previously pleaded guilty.
The court heard how trainees had been sent brochures and web information stating that the course was validated by Trinity College, only to discover while they were actually on the course that validation had been withdrawn some months earlier.
In mitigation, Mr Lowe’s lawyer said his client suffered from depression and depersonalisation disorder and had endured a ‘hate campaign’ on the web. Mr Arnold’s lawyer pleaded that he had been acting on the orders of Mr Lowe and that he had shown remorse.
The prosecution was brought by Windsor trading standards service, with the support of Trinity College London. Sarah Kemp, Trinity’s chief executive, welcomed the verdict, saying it ‘protected the reputation of legitimate colleges that work hard to uphold Trinity’s exacting standards by sending a clear message out to rogue providers that misusing our name will not be tolerated’.


Il testo ci offre espressioni interessanti e collocazioni linguistiche a cui dovremmo prestare attenzione.
Si legge dell'importanza della competenza “collocazionale”

Infatti, la Competenza linguistica non riguarda solo conoscenza di parole e regole combinatorie generali (livello morfologico, sintattico, concettuale). . . ma anche memorizzazione delle preferenze che regolano come coppie/gruppi di parole si combinano. . . che sono almeno in parte arbitrarie


Anybody out there si offre per la traduzione del testo ????