just finished it, i left the 20hour grammar until last, as i knew it would be hard. i passed everything 1st time up to this point, and failed pretty much everyone of the quizzes and just passed the assignment on the third attempt. (if your wondering why its 150hr, i took an extra 10 hour certificate). i was rushing, i paid for a 30 day extention then left it until the last week. its sinking...

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Its a nice weight off that its done, just the grammar module and certificates to go now. one thing that suprised me tho, after seeing all the help requests in the forum, i have actually passed each quiz and each assignment 1st time. (big head slowly shrinking....!) Anyone else found it relatively easy, so long as you take your time and put the 'thought' into it that it requires? Onward to business english cert!

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So im here, just got access to checkpoint 5 so close to completing the 60hr part of the course. I have 30 odd days left so hopefully thats enough for the 20 hr grammar and 5x 10hr certs im doing. Ulp! It is now 1 1/2 months until i move to china, things are coming together, tho im still not sure which visa to go with. apparently to get the residency visa, my uk wedding...

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just finished it tonight, got the assessment through, passed 1st time! I can see why alot of people think its really hard. I went back to it every few days to try and tweak my answers as i really wasnt happy with most of them. I remember the course saying somewhere its better to write more than less, so this is what i did and got some good feedback. is it a quiz next? i...

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so i completed the weekend course a while ago now, but it was amazingly informative. as i havent been in a classroom environment for a few years the 1st day was a little rough, tho the teacher was great, very knowledgable and helpful, thank you Jonathan! The second day was much better, having digested some of the 1st days lessons. and the 2nd presentation actually felt good, totally aced it in my humble opinion! tho...

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the time is ticking down, must start this weekend! This blog will be quite sparse for a few months, the plan is to move to China in mid-july, doss about for a month while im enrolled in a chinese class to pick up the basics, then find a suitable job once im there. Im in a unique position (please correct me if im wrong) as my wife is Chinese, and we are moving back there...

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