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[Beisl1989]

Hello,
I´m at the moment in Southkorea for the semester abroad. My textbook for the chemical reaction engineering coures is the "The engineering of chemical reactions" second edition from Lanny D. Schmidt.

Because nearly everything in this course is in korean, I can´t understand anything!

Therefore I need absolute the solution for the questions and problems in this book! Can anybody help me?

[kkala]

Although I do not know the book, you could find it at a rather low price (e.g. from Abebooks India), http://www.bookfinde...cal%20reactions '> http://www.bookfinde...cal%20reactions . Most probably it is 2nd edition, published as understood in 2009. Delivery time may be too long, or not so. It may be a possibility.

[Art Montemayor]

If you are in Korea taking a ChE course there, you should be prepared to speak, read, write, and solve problems in Korean.

The fact you can’t speak Korean doesn’t relate to your need to have access to the answers to the problems in the course book. What you are asking for is an easy, free method to furnish answers that you didn’t generate or engineer. That, in any language is as close to cheating on homework as you can get. I think that Kkala has the right idea: buy the textbook in your language, solve the problems, and turn in the answers in your language.

If you don’t know Korean, what do you do in a Korean ChE lecture class? Go to sleep?

[Beisl1989]

If you believe it or not, in korea are also classes in english. But it´s not my fault if the professor doesn´t speak english in class although it was announced as english class!

The only thing I´m searching in here are approaches and solutions for some questions and it doesn´t matter if the questions or problems are from this book or from another!

But apparently are the admin´s in this community not interested in helping students!

[Wit Knien]

As a student myself, I'm a bit appalled when students make such claims. In the two posts by other people than yourself I do not see a reluctance to help you, au contraire they want to persuade you to make some effort yourself. I have found many e-books with included answers or websites with worked out problems.

If I can find them as a non native English speaker, surely you can aswell.

[kkala]

Beisl1989 is in a difficult status, because he expected a course in English and found a course in Korean. There are Chemical Engineering courses in English in countries like Holland (Center of professional advancement, Amsterdam, http://www.cfpa.com/), but of course not all of us are aware of it. One neads good knowledge of the spoken language to take benefit of such courses.
Has Beisl1989 the English version of Schmidt's book, and what Korean listeners use? This is not clear to me; generally more info should have been given. At any case little can be done now.
I would protest to the Director of the course center, hoping for an indemnity or a similar course in English; expecially if there is written evidence that this course would be in English.
Anyway the thread indicates the need of early clarifications for a project. "Clear accounts result in good friends", according to a local proverb.

Edited by kkala, 25 October 2012 - 06:08 AM.

[Dacs]

Just to clear things a bit, I'm not Korean nor I studied here in Korea.

That said, there are exchange programs by Korean universities that cater to foreign students. I heard (from someone who studied here under this program) that the program is in English, so I guess the OP concern is warranted.

That said, you'll be hard pressed to see anyone here giving you solutions to the problems you have to answer. I think asking for solution is not the right approach. You have to approach your professor and do something about the lack of proper communication.

Hope it helps