A co-worker recently showed me a course catalogue for a Scottish university,
and asked me, the only native speaker of English in the office at the time,
the meaning of a term. One of the items listed was as follows:

German (Improvers)

Never having seen the term "improver(s)" before in this context, I told her
I didn't understand off the top of my head what it means. So I Googled the
term, and found numerous UK universities use this term for language
education. It seems to be a stage, analogous or supplementary to the
"Beginning" or "Intermediate" stages that I, as an American, am used to.

Can any of you rightpondians enlighten me? Does it refer to classes for
students with a certain amount of language proficiency who wish to improve
their skills? Or a refresher course, perhaps?

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:04:20 +0800, "Peacenik"
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