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rockingguy said:okie dats fine..watever u say is fine..but i guess english should not be the criteria for doin MS CS all the master courses.....yeah i have been able to do good in english..but i know many ppl who don't get any oppurtunity to study in good school...they are having good technical skill even better then the ppl studing here..but as they r not able to speak good english they are not able to make out good in computers or any other technical skill..i know many ppl who are not able to avail good studies and good break in good companies..just because of english..if this country checks ur skills they better should check on ur ability to think logically for technical field...rather then giving stress on GRE ....yeah english matters at this is the language of communication but not the criteria to judge the ability of ppl....i guess u might be rite but ur ability to understand technical stuff doesn't depends on english...i m in the country where more of the ppl speak spanish then english....ratio of english speakin in india is equivalent to US.
Language is really important for academics, I just wonder why would an Indian person complain about English being an essential part of GRE. Think of Chinese and other students who come from "no english at all" backgrounds and still excel in all the spheres in academics. I consider Indians in much better place than them when it comes to English, and still due to their hard work these students give Indian students a tough fight in admission process and acadmics itself.
Be it knowledge of English or other technical skills to study and live in an English speaking country both are important. If we start criticising the exam then we must wonder whether an English graduate student really needs to do all that Math. I think a good level of English even in western world does tell a lot about a person's employability, level of knowledge and skills.
Cheers,
P.S. There is an ongoing thread recently started by Amit Chillar in one of the job forums on this site, I suppose we all should chip in to help everyone with the language instead of simply arguing about relevance of English which is now the official Lingua Franca of the world.